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blog for people with disabilities - blog for wheelchair person: Wheelchairs

blog for people with disabilities - blog for wheelchair person: Wheelchairs
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Wheelchairs

A Wheelchairs is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness (physiological or physical), injury, or disability. People with both sitting and walking disability often need to use a wheelbench.A basic standard manual wheelchair incorporates a seat and back, two small front (caster) wheels and two largewheels, one on each side, and a foot rest.

Most wheelchairs are variations on this basic design, but there are many types of wheelchairs, and they are often highly customized for the individual user's needs. The seat size (width and depth), seat-to-floor height, footrests/leg rests, front caster outriggers, adjustable backrests, controls, and many other features can be customized on, or added to, many disability products  models like Hearing Aids ,Wheelchairs so on but  while some users, often those with specialized needs, may have wheelchairs custom-built.

Various optional accessories are available, such as anti-tip bars or wheels, safety belts, adjustable backrests, tilt and/or recline features, extra support for limbs or neck, mounts or carrying devices for crutches, walkers or oxygen tanks, drink holders, and clothing protectors


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