A STONEYFORD man who has been wheelchair bound since a quad racing accident five years ago has visited a university research centre to see work being done on technology which could allow people to operate things such as wheelchairs by thought.
He uses a wheelchair to get around and requires assistance for much of his daily living. But this Ansley Park resident's disability hasn't stopped him from working at a Publix in Buckhead's Peachtree Battle Shopping Center, getting rave reviews as an
Masazumi Soejima and Wakako Tsuchida gave Japan a sweep of the men's and women's wheelchair divisions. It was the fifth straight win for Tsuchida and the second overall for Soejima. BOSTON (AP) – Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai has won the Boston Marathon in an and more »
David Weir: 'I have never seen myself as disabled'"If it wasn't for wheelchair racing [he has been a full-time athlete for 10 years] I don't know what I would have done. I'd probably have been a bum." The Paralympic scene is somewhat different now to when he first started spinning the wheels.
USA TodayDavid Weir flew the British flag as he won a record fifth men's wheelchair race and Jo Pavey and Louise Damen achieved the tough qualifying time for the next year's Olympics. A pretty splendidious day all in all. (No, I don't think splendidious is in Live - London Marathonall 1,068 news articles »