Posted by Ryan MacDonald on March 24, 2021 at 9:03 2 Comments 1 Like
For Gary Smith, retiring from a career in wheelchair Basketball due to a long-term shoulder injury was not an easy decision. He had played wheelchair basketball for as long as he could remember and made many lifelong friends through the…
Posted by Ryan MacDonald on January 28, 2021 at 12:04 0 Comments 1 Like
When the first snowflake fell this year, it made me think about the amazing Amanda Lees (pictured right). To me, I see snow as something that makes it really difficult to get around in my wheelchair. To Amanda, snow is an opportunity to travel, meet with friends and hit the slopes! We asked her to write a guest blog telling us all about her ski adventures........and she didn't disappoint. Here it is......
"As I zoom down the mountain, making…
ContinuePosted by George Perfect on October 3, 2019 at 8:50 0 Comments 0 Likes
Georgia Tech researchers have created a new brain-machine interface (BMI) that uses a new class of nano-membrane electrode combined with flexible electronics and a new deep learning algorithm to help disabled people wirelessly control devices. The BMI could be used to control things like an electric wheelchair, interact with a computer, or operate a small robotic vehicle without having to use a hair-electrode cap or mess with wires.
Read the full article at:…
ContinuePosted by David Millar on July 8, 2019 at 19:16 0 Comments 1 Like
I am very excited that the 2020 NAIDEX show will be better than ever. As always I will be talking at NAIDEX. I just published a post about disability dating on the NAIDEX Blog
https://www.naidex.co.uk/news/blog.asp?blog_id=19855
Also of great interest to the Bespoken community is an article about independent living that I wrote for the independentliving site.…
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Products or ideas we think you should know about:
Maura Horton has launched her own company with an idea she first came up with to help her husband who has Parkinsons. Thanks to her invention he can dress himself in seconds.
Inspirational stories about people achieving remarkable things:
Tom and Laura were just neighbours who liked to walk their dogs together. A brilliant idea has made them co-designers of a life changing invention to help blind people.
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