power chairs
August 11, 2009 by SemiCritic
Filed under Elderly
With the different inventions being made each year, high-tech equipments were created to make people with disabilities live easier and bearable each day. The simple wheelchair used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury or disability has different styles and variations. Nowadays, manual wheelchairs have evolved to electric-powered wheelchairs to standing wheelchair, sports wheelchairs, power chairs and many more. These power chairs have rear wheel drives, are extra light, have adjustable seat height, padded full function, armrest and removable fold up footrest. They also have full function adjustment that offers comfort and continual accessibility.
The earliest record found on wheelchairs date back to the 6th century. The first lightweight, steel, collapsible wheelchair was invented by Harry Jennings in 1933. He invented this for his disabled friend who had broken his back in a mining accident. Today, public transportation has provision for at least two wheelchairs in trains or buses. Buildings are also more accessible to wheelchair users.
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