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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am handicapped.  My legs and left arm are paralized.  These chairs are great, but those who need them can't afford them.  In Ohio those like myself being mentally aware and in a nursing home are told by SS that we don't need an electric chair.  They say I do qualify, but the nursing home has to purchase all specially designed.  I can see that happening, so I set and stare all day long, instead of being out and about keeping some independence...Jan]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[spiwacket67]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 3:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[I got to spend almost 4 years in a whell chair, wounded in 66 ub nam, my left knee was shattered, rebuilt with plastic fused to the bone back in those days & the loss of my right lung punctured w/ a 6' piece of wood splintered off an explosing bunker, shrapnel thru my right side of my jaw and lodging under my left eye and my right shoulder broken badly, 3 years in the v.a.hosp. , 38 major surgerys & 26 mo's in intensive care. I was 6'3" tall and weighed 108 lbs when I got out of the hosp.. I went thru 13 months of physical therapy & 4 years later I won a world title in the martial arts along w/ 4 trgional titles but there were problems, PARACARDITIS, inflamamtion of the heart sack caused by my woundings and I had to retire, I would feel a tightness in my neck & body and 15 minutes later I was totally paralized, couldn't move & it as getting worse w/ my training. A Dr, North in Kansas City,Ks finally helped me , aspirin , ebery other day & less physical & mwntal stress in my life & its has beem better.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Fedullo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 4:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[To Jim Fedullo<br>Thank you for your service to our country]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[imkdb66]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 4:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thank You for your courage and service !!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaaarthur rozentsvit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 7:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[All these wheel chairs look cool. But really? I've been in a chair for over 20 years.<br>What am I supposed to do with my dangling legs and where is the foot support? Also can those of us that can push ourselves reach the push rims or wheels? Will we have the upper body strength to move? Only a few will ever be able to afford them. Did anyone consider getting input from a person that is confined to a chair?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vicki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 5:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thank you Jim. You have sacrificed a lot for us. God bless you! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vicki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 31st 2010 5:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[G.I.Jim Fedullo, a Real American Hero!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 6:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[The best powerchair I have ever seen was the iBot produced by Johnson & Johnson. It had redundant gyro systems against failure. It would elevate you up to 6 feet high. It climbed stairs, it balanced on two wheels and it cost $25,000! Because of the high price tag it was discontinued. All the people who could have benefitted from such a wonderful chair will never have the pleasure of owning it. I am ashamed of our government not taking better care of the disabled in the USA. We give money away to foreign nations by the billions annually but disabled Americans get next to nothing. SHAME!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SoCalSir44]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 6:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just one question and that is have you spent any of your lifetime in a wheelchair?The people that need a new and improved wheelchair are our service people returning from battle situations where they need a good and improved wheelchair that gives them a better lifestyle. Let's hope that the V.A. work's outside of the box and looks into new and better wheelchairs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[somost]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 7:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Design Concepts: The Modern Wheelchair]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/19/design-concepts-the-modern-wheelchair/</guid><description><![CDATA[Mr. Robbins' catapult wheelchair would never work in Albuquerque's wheelchair accessible buses.  The others might, depending on the dimensions.  Many wheelchair bound people rely on public transportation and these designers need to take that into consideration.  <br><br>To Mr. Fedullo:  Thank you and I hope when these new wheelchairs come out that the companies donate one to you!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[barbara rose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 20th 2010 9:58PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
