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Welcome to our blog... The Madison Area (of Wisconsin) Spinal Cord Blog. Our main site is: www.SCI-Madison.org

We welcome persons of all disabilities to our meetings. Most of us have mobility impairments, spinal cord injury, illness or paralysis. Many of us are family members and caregivers. We encourage online membership and blogging to anyone interested in the events and topics including and not limited to caregivers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, students, family, ...

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Resources, Education, and "Stuff" for Spinal Cord Issues and Adaptive Recreation

I want to write a letter to President Obama about his priorities and how wheelchair and disabilities need to be included from conceptualization to the action plans and not as an after thought. Yes, let's consider green energy. We need to remember many people in wheelchairs need high quality vehicles. What do I mean by this? For example, can an electric car or alternative energy transportation be effective and safe while transporrting 300-600 lb wheelchairs? What are the issues around maintenance and costs. This is just one idea. What about yours? I have started the letter. I just need to finish it.

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