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From: wheels@sequent.uucp (Kathy Coston)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Wheelchair survey........
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Date: 3 Apr 91 04:34:40 GMT
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Fidonet: Spinal Injury Conference

Index Number: 14599

In article <18166@bunker.UUCP>, Sheila.Fava@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org
(Sheila Fava) writes:
> Index Number: 14005
> 
>      EVER BEEN HURT WHILE USING YOUR WHEEELCHAIR?
> 
>      EVER HAD A PART BREAK?
> 
>      WANTED:
> 
> People  living  in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area to answer a
> questionnaire  regarding their  wheelchair-related accidents, in-
> juries and wheelchair parts failures.   Ralf  Hotchkiss  and  the

I have been using a Quickie 2 for seven years. About a year ago,
the frame broke and the chair collapsed inward on me. Luckily, I
was not moving at the time, but I did substain a large bruise and
deep scratch on my back where the back support bars hit me. All in
all, not an experience I would like to relive!