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Examples of locally made wheelchairs
CP
The plywood wheelchair on p. 620, with the armrest in place
(left) and swung back (right).
A plywood wheelchair for
a child with cerebral palsy
with inner tube stretching
aids to gently pull his feet
and straighten his severe knee
contractures.
A bamboo hand-powered
tricycle made at Viklang
Kendra (People’s Village),
Allahabad, India.
A wheelchair made completely
of paper, including the wheels.
Paper is glued together using
rice flour in water (Zimbabwe).
A wood design of the wheelchair on
p. 617, two Healthlink wheelchairs, and
a ‘trolley’ made from half of a plastic
bucket and wood wheels.
A wood wheelchair in Thailand.
The bicycle wheel axles are
supported on both sides to keep
them from bending.
A metal frame, wood wheel
‘trolley’ in Bangladesh (see
p. 572). The rubber tube
serves as a cushion and also
as a toilet seat.
This trolley, also from
Bangladesh, uses a cushion
made of coconut fiber covered
with rubber (see p. 199).
For more examples of wheelchair designs, see p. 65, 86, 98, 189, 190, 229, 288,
343, 430, 441, and 526.
Disabled village Children