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ROHO Contour Select Cushion

100 N. Florida Ave.
Belleville, IL 62221
Phone: 800-851-3449
Website:
http://www.therohogroup.com/

I use a Roho seat cushion for both my wheelchairs; my 
Permobil C350 Power Chair and my 
Invacare Solara 2G Tilt-in-Space Manual Wheelchair. ROHO seat cushions provide pressure relief and prevent pressure sores; it can even allow pressure sores to heal while sitting. It has air cells locked inside which allow my […]

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Invacare Solara 2G Tilt-in-Space Manual Wheelchair

One Invacare Way
Elyria, OH 44035-4100
Phone: 440-329-6000 / 800-333-6900
Website:
http://www.invacare.com

Since May of 2008, I’ve had an
Invacare Solara 2G Tilt-in-Space Manual Wheelchair and love it! Depending on where I’m going I alternate using this chair with my
Permobil C350 Power Chair  which I also love and  posted a review on.  Recently my friends and I realized we never […]

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Please VOTE for Mark Sanchez in the NFL/Pepsi Refresh Project to help Children with Juvenile Diabetes

New York Jets QB Mark Sanchez to Help Raise $100,000
for JDRF in NFL/Pepsi Refresh Project Challenge
 

Mark Sanchez, quarterback for the New York Jets, is helping the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) try to win $100,000 in grants as part of the Pepsi Refresh Project, an online campaign to fund programs that will have a positive […]

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Apothecare of Plymouth Inc

121 Camelot Dr # 3
Plymouth, MA  02360-3037
Phone: 508-732-9700

Apothecare of Plymouth delivers our home medications and supplies every week; we ran short so Amanda, Ric and I headed to their pharmacy in Plymouth to pick up a medication I needed. I was pleased to find Apothecare of Plymouth very wheelchair friendly and accessible.

There are handicap parking […]

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Emergency Department

West Campus
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-667-7000
Website:
http://www.bidmc.harvard.edu/

Sunday I went to the Emergency Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center which is located on the West Clinical Center because of respiratory problems. The last time I was at the Emergency Department (ED) at 
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Clinical Building -West Campus was in May of 2008; after auto accident […]

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A Free Vote for Darius Goes West = $1 for Muscular Dystrophy!

Darius Goes West (DGW)
135 Pine Tops Court
Athens, GA 30606
Phone: 706-613-7237
Email:
DariusGoesWest@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.dariusgoeswest.org/votematch/
Darius Goes West - You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEYge7fjD88
Charley’s Fund’s - You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOD78-Ph0LE

Darius Goes West has a chance to win $1,000,000 for Muscular Dystrophy research in
Facebook Chase’s Community Giving Challenge which ends this Friday, January 22, 2010. Darius Goes West is in 10th […]

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Iowa Standing Frame

Stand Aid of Iowa
1009 2nd Ave.
PO Box 386
Sheldon, IA 51201
Phone: 800-831-8580
Website:
http://www.stand-aid.com/
You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsnE9hoOQEE

I have an Iowa Standing Frame in my home and love it!! The standing frame is something I recommend to all who can no longer stand on their own. The standing frame allows me to be vertically stabilized with 100% weight bearing. […]

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Matt’s Place “Journey Of A Million Smiles”

Guinness Book of World Records & Matt’s Place Inc.
Present “Journey of A Million Smiles”

http://officialmattsplace.org/

June of 2010, Matt Eddy will be attempting to set a new Guinness Book World Record “Trans USA by Wheelchair” Claim ID 279955 while conducting the “Million Smiles Tour“. Matt has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and is only strong enough to move two […]

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Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - MEEI

243 Charles Street
Boston, MA  02114
Phone: 617-523-7900

http://www.masseyeandear.org/

A few weeks ago, my mom, Tony, Ric and I volunteered to rally at the
Massachusetts State House for disability services. We stopped at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary before heading to the State House because my mom had an appointment with her ear surgeon the same morning. I hadn’t […]

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Reeve Foundation One Degree of Separation

636 Morris Turnpike
Suite 3A
Short Hills, NJ  07078
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation:  
http://www.christopherreeve.org/
One Degree of Separation:
http://02e39ca.netsolhost.com/onedegree/index2.html

Dorothea Stahl, a very compassionate person working with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation recently told me about a new online campaign called
One Degree of Separation. I added the information about One Degree of Separation on my page on
Paralysis. I want to […]

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