Sexuality Still Intact

Written by Lala C. Ballatan


I do likerepparttar refreshing sense of humor wintermute2_0 has shown inrepparttar 113917 blog he posted at http://www.the19thfloor.net/archives/2005_01.html on January 19, 2005 with regards to Breaking Taboos. He seems to be a person who had completely accepted his disability and is totally oblivious with people who are being too careful around disabled ones, especially with regards to sexuality. He seems to have completely overcome his shortcomings as a disabled person and have reconciled completely withrepparttar 113918 whole matter. As such, he can really talk about all aspects of becoming disabled and allrepparttar 113919 factors about it.

Conducting a speech for Hamline students on disability issues is a tough thing to do. The tough thing about it is that you, as a disabled person, unfolding your personal experiences to total strangers and handle your discussion with a sense of normalcy is quite an unnerving experience. You must have a lot of courage and enough acceptance of your life as it is now in order to draw out lessons from it and share it on other people. Why, people who are aren’t that tactful enough may gawk at you or laugh at what had befallen you. But wintermute2_0 seem to get along just fine. In fact he’s already on his second year of talks with classes of students.

Scooter vs Wheelchair Power

Written by Lala B.


Onrepparttar process of decidingrepparttar 113916 best apparatus for a paralyzed loved one to improve his indoor/outdoor mobility and independence? There are two good choices you could consider: getting a scooter or a power wheelchair.

In choosing which is which, you may have to consider several factors: control and maneuverability, weight capacity, speed, power, user safety, durability, and of course,repparttar 113917 price. Here, we give you several comparisons of scooter and power wheelchair related to these factors:

With regards to control methods, scooters are steered with a tiller, functioning like a bicycle’s handlebar. Scooters have 2 different drive types,repparttar 113918 rear and front wheel drive. In power wheelchairs,repparttar 113919 most common controller is a programmable joystick. In general power wheelchairs are maneuverable in small and tight spaces because of sophisticated electronic control methods.

The weight capacity of a rear wheel drive scooter is from 250 to 350 lbs. Heavy duty models can carry up to 500 lbs. Meanwhile, power wheelchairs can carryrepparttar 113920 same weight and because of features like power stand, power recline, power tilt and power elevation on some models, they can accommodate more kinds of seating and postural support.

Onrepparttar 113921 speed of a scooter, most models have a variable type speed control knob so you can setrepparttar 113922 speed from 1 to 5 mph. while, power wheelchairs have a variable type speed control knob so you can setrepparttar 113923 speed from 1 to 5+ mph. With regards to their power capacities, front wheel drive scooters usually have a single 12 volt battery capable of traveling 5 – 10 miles before recharging. Rear-wheel drives have 2-12 volt battery capable of 15 – 20 miles before recharging. Most electric wheelchairs are equipped with 12 volt batteries capable of going 15 to 20 miles on a full charge over level terrain. Both use gel cell sealed batteries which are approved for transport.

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