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    and the use of a motorized wheelchair. (Heller‚ Forney‚ Alberto‚ Best‚ & Schwartzman‚ 2009.) The individual and instructor will work with the special education team and therapists for compensatory positioning that allows access to various classroom materials and accessibility within the classroom. Compensatory positioning may include assisting the student with positioning within the wheelchair‚ classroom arrangement that allows wheelchair access‚ the use of wheelchair accessible desks‚ and the position

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    MOT‚ NOT‚ BRIEF Corey Lightner‚ Attorney at Law Bar No. 85-455 Miami‚ Florida 33176 305-456-7890 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT INANDFOR ­­­MIAMI-DADE COUNTY‚ FLORIDA WILMA MAPLES‚ Plaintiff‚ CIVIL DIVISION vs. CASE: 13-2014-159753 DEPT. NO: XVII DOCKET NO: WE CARE FOR YOU HOSPITAL AND REHABILITATION CENTER‚ 1-5 DOES‚ 1-5 ROES‚ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT‚ NOTICE‚ AND BRIEF Defendants. ___________________________/

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    The sole purpose is to manufacture and distribute a revolutionary motorized wheelchair designed for children under the age of ten. The Rug Bug motorized wheelchair weighs almost 50 percent less than the standard motorized wheelchair and approximately one half of the cost of any other motorized wheelchair for this group. In addition it has numerous safety features that are not found on any other available motorized wheelchair. His lightweight‚ relatively inexpensive model has no direct competition in

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    Firstly we did a risk assessment on the route we was going to be walking. In this assessment I had take into account how long it would take to walk round the designated area we was walking and the roads and paths we had to walk and cross also with a wheelchair. I also took notes as I walked our route of where to cross‚ where the curbs were lowered for access of the wheel chair and how many main and side roads there was. We then had to let all the children’s parents know we was walking round the village

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    hospital. This motivated me to work twice as hard and to catch up with my classmates. The second time I went to the hospital‚ I was there for about nine days and on the ninth day I got a wheelchair. The wheelchair was for me to help me get around because when I stood up I would start to wobble. The wheelchair was to help me get around like in school and

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    some people need to be transported by wheelchairs as they cannot walk from a leg injury or they may just not be able to walk very far from where they were coming from. A porter may have left the wheelchair just in case an emergency occurred and we needed to transport someone quickly to a place who couldn’t walk/ walk far. The wheelchair could also be a hazard to children who decide to play on them as the brakes may not be on which would cause the wheelchair to move whilst a child was on it. This

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    had in the campus. In the beginning of this experiment‚ we went to get the wheelchair that we are going to use. we took ourselves on a tour around the campus‚ we started from the classrooms in our faculty going on to the library and then to the cafeteria and to the computer lab‚ we also went to the nursing faculty. After that we went to the student services and the metro station. The first time we sat on the wheelchair we felt hopeless‚ in despair And the fact of being disabled and having a limited

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    mainly on HDB estate. The government hopes to achieve a “Barrier Free Accessibility” to all living estate by 2011. Some of these features include making sure that wheelchair bounded citizens could move around effortlessly in their apartment and around the estate. The size of the bathroom also must take into consideration as wheelchair should be able to fit and the user can move easily. On top of that‚ senior citizen friendly features like railing or siren should be provided for Old Folks specialized

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    Imagine what a class of third graders would look like during their PE class at school. You might see one child outrunning all of the rest in a 50-yard dash‚ or maybe a group of children partaking in a game of hopscotch. But what about the child in a wheelchair who suffers from a spinal cord injury? Approximately 25% of children in the public school system suffer from orthopedic impairments (“Fast Facts”). What can they do? How can they participate? How can the physical education program advance their

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    qualities of disconnect‚ disunity and uncaring occurs mainly since his return to school after the accident‚ for this reason they are most seen at school. Vito is not the same kid he was before‚ his short-term memory is poor and he is left in a wheelchair and unable to walk‚ or use of his legs‚ after the accident. Vito feels that he is “different” and disconnected from his peers and has a hard time accepting this. He is unable to believe that his peers‚ friends and teachers see him as the same

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