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What Is Wheelchair Net?

WheelchairNet is a community for people who have a common interest in (or in some cases a passion for) wheelchair technology and its improvement and successful application. WheelchairNet is a virtual community... a community that exists only in "cyber space." It's a community organized along the lines of a real town. This virtual town is inhabited, visited and managed by people who have an interest in wheelchairs and how wheelchairs can best serve the needs of people who use them.

WheelchairNet was officially incorporated on January 1st, 1999, as the result of a five year grant from NIDRR to the University of Pittsburgh, in support of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Wheeled Mobility.

In WheelchairNet people can...

• ask questions about wheelchair selection and use
• get and give answers
• meet each other
• teach each other
• link to information about wheelchair products and services
• link to other resources
• learn about and participate in wheelchair research projects
• contribute community leadership
• vote on important community issues
• attend Wheelchair University

http://www.wheelchairnet.org

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