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Wheelchairs Deliver Mobility In Developing Nations, With the Help of Plastics

FEB 15, 2012 at 5:15pm
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Don Schoendorfer was vacationing in Morocco years ago when he saw a disabled woman drag herself across a dirt road, ignored by the crowds and barely evading traffic. Schoendorfer later learned that in developing countries, an estimated 100 million disabled people need wheelchairs but cannot afford them. These disabilities are due to many causes, including…

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