Users

and
Success
Sir Ludwig Guttmann director,
Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, England
 Events for Wheel Chair Users
archery Wheelchair Basketball
lawn bowls
Wheelchair racing
 table tennis
 shot put  fencing
 javelin Snooker
  Swimming
weightlifting
Lawn Bowling Snooker

Fencing Table Tenis

 Arching Racing

Fencing Dancing
Wheel chair racing:
The distances involved in
wheelchair racing include sprint
distances of 100 m,
200 m and 400 m,
middle distances of 800 m
and 1500 m, long distances
of 5000 m and 10,000
m
relay races of 4 x 100 m
and 4 x 400 m. There
is also a road event which is the
marathon.
HE is ranked only after Galileo Galilee, Isaac Newton and Albert
Einstein.
World’s most famous living scientist has achieved so much,
charting new frontiers despite his disabilities and being confined
to a wheelchair.
since 21, he is unable to use his fingers and has
long lost his ability to speak. He has nurses
watching over him 24 hours a day.
He can only communicate using
facial gestures including eye blinks.
His computerized voice system is controlled by
using a blink-activated infrared monitor
embedded in his glasses.
. He wrote scientific papers, delivered lectures
and wrote his best seller, despite being in his
electric wheelchair which is fitted with a
portable computer and speech synthesizer.
There are also photographs of Hawking at a zero-gravity
excursion at Zero Gravity Corporation in the US in 2007. For the
first time in 40 years, he could move freely without his wheelchair.

The child-like delight on his face is

clearly captured in the pictures .
Wheel chair users are doing everything without anyone’s help in most
cases now a days which can easily be seen in our daily life. They are
valued and given respect for their contribution to our society. As a
result most of the plans are done valuing them. Here are some
examples:
Easy access into the bus(with hybrid technology) and space
for wheel chair user inside the bus.
Step free access into the tube station even though they need
help.
Access into the restaurant and disable toilet on the same
floor.
Automatic door at the entrance of shopping mall and
education centres.
Slow moving auto vehicle.
Disable parking.