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Video: Paraplegic woman bungee jumps in wheelchair

Christine LynX Rougoor achieved an ultimate sports dream when she bungee jumped from a bridge in Whistler, B.C. strapped to a wheelchair. The video of the paraplegic being hurled from the platform has created a viral sensation after it was posted online.

In the Media by Kim I. Hartman - 4 comments

Op-Ed: The TSA agent and the 3-year-old boy in a wheelchair

Chicago - A monitoring group has just released a video of a 3-year-old boy in a wheelchair being frisked by a TSA agent at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. So what's new?

In the Media by Alexander Baron - 5 comments

Op-Ed: Lady Gaga egged for wheelchair entrance in Sydney gay club

Sydney - Pop sensation Lady Gaga was at the center of controversy this week, as the 25-year-old star was egged by furious activists in Sydney, Australia.

In the Media by Christopher Bates

Wheelchair user's 5000-mile journey from Bangladesh to UK by land

A man injured four years ago in a motorcycle accident and now wheelchair-bound, is set to travel from Bangladesh to his home in St. Helens in Merseyside, north England, a distance of some 5,000 miles, using buses, trains and ferries.

In the Media by Kev Hedges - 1 comment

Man is fined for exceeding speed limit while driving a wheelchair

Santa Catarina - A man whose identity has not been released was detained by police and fined for driving a wheelchair over the speed limit without a license on a Brazilian highway.

In the Media by Igor I. Solar - 2 comments

No Bail for Malicious Teens After Attack on Disabled Canadian

Following a brutal assault on Wheelchair bound Canadian the two teenage attackers have been refused bail. Their hideous attack sickened many over the past few days.

In the Media by Sam Duck

Scientists developed wheelchair controlled by mind power

A Spanish scientist has reportedly developed an amazing wheelchair, which could be controlled by the power of thought. This wheelchair could change the life for those who are even unable to use a conventional joystick.

In the Media by Subhabrata Das - 5 comments

Wheelchair-bound Woman Kills 15-year-old Girl in Fight Over Man

In what police described as a melee involving an unknown number of people, a wheelchair-bound woman and her mother were arrested for the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl.

In the Media by Sandy Sand - 11 comments

Bush Heckler Punches Wheelchair-Bound Girl

A wheelchair bound girl with cerebral palsy is punched after her parents tell a heckler to quit harassing Jenna Bush at a lecture.

In the Media by Samantha A. Torrence - 5 comments

Mother keeps healthy son in wheelchair for five years

A mother who was afraid of her son leaving her kept him in a wheelchair for five years by feeding him medication for an ailment he never had.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 17 comments

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Hospital wheelchair theft tackled

A supermarket-style coin-operated system for wheelchairs is being introduced at Stafford Hospital after the theft of some of them.

Canadian wheelchair racer Stilwell breaks 2 world records

Canadian wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell broke two of her own world records Tuesday to cap a spectacular showing at the Summer Down Under series.

Woman in wheelchair robbed of iPad on B.C. SkyTrain

A woman in a wheelchair who was robbed of her iPad by while on a Vancouver area SkyTrain has been given a replacement by a CBC viewer who was moved by her story.

Fashion for people with disabilities

One woman's mission to design fashionable clothes for wheelchair users

VIDEO: 'Why aren't there clothes like this?'

Ann Oliver has created a range of clothes specially designed for people who use wheelchairs.