Special Wheelchair

Walking out on the beach may be easy for most people, but for those living with a disability, it can be difficult to have the same experience. Topsail Beach police are allowing the disabled to have the same access to the sand with the help of a beach wheelchair. Fully outfitted with heavy duty wheels and an umbrella, this chair can roll right into the water. A few regulars use the chair, but more people are being invited to take advantage of these wheels. Topsail Beach Police Chief Ricky Smith said, "People are extremely excited that they can actually take some of their folks that hadn't been able to get down to the water, out to the water, so they really appreciate it." The beach Wheelchairs is available for free seven days a week to anyone with a disability.

The Special Wheelchair  tennis is played by individuals with different types of motor disabilities who operate a wheelchair. Court, equipment and rules are exactly the same as ordinary tennis, with the only exception that the ball may bounce two times with a ground stroke. A tennis player in a wheelchair can play against an unimpaired player without any problem. Elite players use essentially the same repertoire of strokes as in ordinary tennis. The ground stroke also has an equivalent power and depth. However, the two-handed grip is not used, since the player must use one hand to steer the wheelchair.

Special Wheelchair

Commode Wheelchair

A new folding, commode-shower wheelchair developed by Milwaukee and Tampa VA researchers, addresses a clear need of the more than 200,000 people with spinal cord injuries and other individuals with disabilities in the United States, most of whom require a special commode wheelchair for personal hygiene. This chair fits over most standard and elongated bowls for over the toilet use. Also allows users wheeled access into and out of Wheelchairs accessible shower stalls. Standard features are swing-back arms which allow for easy transfer in and out of chair, a padded seat for comfort, solid rubber tires, and a removable bucket with splash guard and lid. Standard swing-away leg rests are micro-adjustable in length.

Wheeled Commode-Wheeled commodes are, as the name suggests, commodes with wheels. The front wheels on a wheeled commode should swivel and often all four wheels will swivel to ease pushing and steering by a caregiver. Wheeled commodes can be used to transfer a user from the bed or wheelchair to a roll-in shower or positioned over a toilet. Commode Wheelchair is also the type of Disability Products.While the pictured wheeled commode will work perfectly fine in situations where the floors are flat and hard, because of the small size of the wheels, pushing this model of  wheeled commode on carpet, over thresholds to roll-in shower stalls or anywhere where the floor is not perfectly flat will be challenging.

Commode Wheelchair

Sports Chairs

Since the 1970s, disabled athletes have had an increasing array of specialized Wheelchairs to help them achieve the most from their chosen sport. These chairs can look very different from each other, but what they usually have in common is

lightweight frames made from composite material;

solidity (which means that they do not fold); 

enhanced stability for sudden turns (this is achieved by using angled wheels).

Sports wheelchairs or recreation wheelchairs are specially designed for athletes with disabilities who are competing in sports that require agility and speed such as basketball, tennis, rugby or racing. These very specific chairs usually do not fold and are not used in everyday life. Depending on the sport, the chairs vary in design. The handcycle replaces the conventional bicycle with hand-powered peddles instead of leg powered peddles. Court chairs come with a variety of features including: front bumpers, wings, spoke protectors, castor protectors, adjustable trick footrests, and more. Racing chairs are for exactly that, racing! Their sleek designs allow competitors to rush across the finish line. All terrain wheelchairs enable exploration of off-road, unpaved, bumpy, gravel areas. The size truly depends on the sport. There are many modifications and adjustable features on this type of wheelchair. Sports wheelchairs are made from lightweight metals in order for the occupant to power it quickly and easily. Materials such as carbon steel frames, adjustable footrests, adjustable tension upholstery, aluminum pushrims, stainless steel or titanium axles are features of these very specific wheelchairs. More on wheelchair sports.

Sports Chairs

Handicap People

There are 650 million people living with disabilities worldwide, and they all experience discrimination in many different ways. U.S. Pres. Barack Obama said, in a presidential proclamation, that discrimination against physically challenged people in workplaces and in communities still happen in the United States. He also mentioned that 90 percent of children with disabilities in developing nations are not able to attend school, and that women are all too often subjected to deep discrimination.Researchers have made a distinction between disability and its social and psychological consequences, now known as handicap, both conceptually and in terms of intervention. More work is needed in standardizing and refining the assessment of handicap and in highlighting risk factors for its development. The Disability Products are very useful for handicap people.Epidemiology has major contributions to make in understanding handicap in both aging and young populations.

Physically challenged people have capabilities that can never be underestimated. In fact, many of them show exemplary qualities that have been very helpful to different aspects of the society. May the International Day of Persons with Disabilities remind everyone, especially the authorities, that disabled people are a vital part of the society.The disabled people are use many disability products like Wheelchairs, hearing aids, etc.Efforts to evaluate the effect of legislation, both existing and recent, on handicap development are also called for. These efforts may help to reduce the gap between disabled and nondisabled people and improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and their families.

Handicap People

Manual Wheelchairs

Manual or self-propelled Wheelchairs are propelled by the occupant, usually by turning the large rear wheels, from 20-26 inches in average diameter, and resembling bicycle wheels. The user moves the chair by pushing on the handrims, which are made of circular tubing attached to the outside of the large wheels. The handrims have a diameter that is slightly less than that of the rear wheels. Skilled users can control speed and turning and often learn to balance the chair on its rear wheels — do a "wheelie". The wheelie is not just for show — a rider who can control the chair in this manner can climb and descend curbs and move over small obstacles.

Manual wheelchairs do provide great advantages over power ones that many people overlook. For starters, lightweight wheelchairs are almost always manual. This can be a huge selling point for someone who does not possess a lot of body strength. They are easier to maneuver and even though power chairs do not have to be pushed, there is always the chance that the battery could die. Another advantage of manual wheelchairs is the fact that they can go almost anywhere. A person does not have to worry whether or not the terrain is bumpy or uneven, like they would with a power wheelchair.

Manual Wheelchairs