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Much as we find the idea of using a wheelchair disagreeable, there are thousands of people who may at some point of their lives are required to use them. Much of the wheelchairs in the market are either expensive or very heavy while being used....
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Tracie Wiechmann, center, mother of 19-year-old college freshman, sheds a tear as her son Christopher Rhoades drives in an off-road wheelchair during a visit to Rehab Ideas at the University of South Florida Aug. 12, 2008 in Tampa, Fla....
