Posts Tagged ‘Disability’
Whirlwind And The RoughRider
Whirlwind Wheelchair International’s all-terrain wheelchair built in developing countries for use in developing countries. The RoughRider is now available for purchase in the US and Canada. Transcription for this video: All Terrain Wheelchairs in USA
Read MoreFindings and Recommendations from Whilrwind’s Assistive Technology Research on the Navajo Reservation
Kim D. Reisinger, Ph.D, director of Whirlwind’s Assistive Technology Research (ATR) Division, recently concluded a major survey research project on the awareness of, access to, and acquisition of low-cost, high-quality Assistive Technology (AT) devices and services on the Navajo Nation. The research was funded by a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation…
Read MoreMission Local – October 2011
Ralf Hotchkiss experiences the travails of a wheelchair rider on San Francisco public transit. Read The Story Here.
Read MoreWhirlwind Wheelchair Project with CIR in Afghanistan
Whirlwind and the Center for International Rehabilitation conducted a six-day training workshop in Kabul, Afghanistan, in June 2005 that focused on skills such as wheelchair assembly and repair, fitting and user assessment. The goal of this project was to test a distribution strategy that combined central fabrication with local assembly, fitting and delivery. During the…
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