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A wheelchair is wheeled mobility device in which the user sits. The device is propelled either manually (by pushing the wheels with the hands) or via various automated systems. Wheelchairs are used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability.
Types of wheelchair
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GB slip to Euro qualifying defeat
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:22:12 -0000
Luol Deng cannot inspire Great Britain to victory in their opening European qualifier against Israel.
Archibald joy at Spanish return
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:13:32 -0000
Robert Archibald is relieved to have secured a return to the Spanish League with Malaga following an unhappy spell in Ukraine.
GB's Deng cleared to face Israel
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:59:42 -0000
NBA star Luol Deng is set to play in Great Britain's European qualifier against Israel after British Basketball meet insurance demands.
British Ex-Services Wheelchair Sports Association - Encourages rehabilitation through sport and sports medicine, and the highest standards of competition for a variety of sports. Training weekends, meetings and contacts.
British Wheelchair Racing Association - Describes its activities with results, gallery, history and membership application form. [Requires Flash]
Get Kids Going - Charity supplying sports wheelchairs for children and young adults, also encourages participation and helps with the design and development of wheelchairs. Highlights the costs of specialist chairs and appeals for help.
Meta Description: [ Get Kids Going! is a charity that supplies sports wheelchairs for children and young adults. Raise funds for GKG! by running a marathon ]
Sportability - A year round programme of activities that get people out of the wheelchair and into the action. Activities range from falconry to adrenalin sports, includes regional sections.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Sportability ]
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Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Games - Brief history.
The Back-Up Trust - Arranges outdoor sports activity courses for those paralysed through spinal cord injury. Get involved, be a buddy, courses and links.
Meta Description: [ To enable individuals who have been paralysed through spinal cord injury to regain motivation, inspiration and independence through outdoor sports activities . We organise a range of activity courses that provide a catalyst to proving that paralysis is no barrier to an active and enjoyable life. ... ]
The British Wheelchair Bowls Association - Competitions, tournaments, adapted wheelchairs suitable for the game and contact details.
Meta Description: [ Widely recognised as the governing body of wheelchair bowls in the UK, BWBA provides integration, advice, training, competition and coaching for members. ]
Trail Orienteering - Orienteering designed so that people with disabilities can compete on equal terms. Articles, events and rules, plus details of a permanent Manchester course.
Meta Description: [ Trail Orienteering (Trail O) is a discipline of orienteering designed so that people with disabilities can compete on equal terms. It completely eliminates the element of speed over the ground, but makes the map-interpretation element much harder. ]
Wheelchair Adventures - Information on spinal injury sports of all kinds. Articles and advice on sports including skiing, handbiking, waterskiing, paragliding and sailing.
Wheelchair Tennis - Official site provided by ITF, world governing body of tennis. Results, reports, rankings, tournament calendar, and player information, plus a history of the growth of the sport.
Meta Description: [ The website of the International Tennis Federation, the world governing body of tennis - information on all aspects of tennis including players, records, rules and events such as Davis Cup and Fed Cup. ]
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