Man Completes 3,000-Mile Wheelchair Trip
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MADRID, Spain - He had to change tires 11 times and once fell to the ground and spent the night in a ditch, but 65-year-old Russian Vladimir Ksenchak rolled undaunted into Madrid on Tuesday at the end of a 3,000-mile wheelchair trip.    Ksenchak left Moscow on June 11 and made his way through Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France before reaching Spain...
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER  and ERIN McCLAM, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  ORLANDO, Fla.  In July, astronaut Lisa Nowak traveled 5.3 million miles in a single-minded mission to put America's beleaguered space shuttle program back on track.
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NIPAWIN, Sask. (CP) - Robbed of speech by medical problems and unable to cry for help, a Saskatchewan man who is confined to a wheelchair spent 12 hours strapped inside a minibus on Christmas Eve after the driver apparently forgot to unload him.
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Tired scooter rider enthused to finish coast-to-coast journey across 14 states.
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More than 3,800 disabled athletes gathered Friday in Athens, Greece, for the opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games&#39; 44-year history.
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A remote control device which can operate household appliances has given a disabled man back his independence.
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James F. Lewis, of Indianapolis, finally got his luggage, after nine long days of waiting. A 40-year-old businessman, he had been without his laptop computer and some clothing since Dec. 21.
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A disabled man wins his legal battle with Central Trains over access at a Norfolk station.
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Sport: American takes 200m gold to become third man in history to win world championship sprint double.
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Elliott Sadler knelt beside the wheelchair of 9-year-old Taylor Downard behind his hauler before Fridayâs final practice for tonightâs race at Loweâs Motor Speedway.
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For people with disabilities, motorized wheelchairs can be a great way to improve mobility, especially if the government will pick up most of the tab for the pricey machines, as Medicare does. But reports of fraud in 2003 led to a crackdown by the    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid     Services  that has some manufacturers, suppliers and beneficiaries complaining the changes went too far.
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The U.S. government has adopted a formal policy allowing people with disabilities to use Segway Personal Transporters inside federal buildings, at speeds of up to 3MPH.
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A man who suffered a severe head injury which caused sexual problems in his marriage wins Â£3m.
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A Japanese quadriplegic on Monday partly realized his dream of ascending one of Switzerland's highest mountains, thanks to a friend who carried him up with the help of a high-tech robot suit.
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NEW YORK  - Early tests are raising hopes  that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal  cord.
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His legs were amputated when he was a year old. Now Oscar Pistorius is on track to make the South African Olympic team. Is he an engineering marvel -- or just one hell of a sprinter? By Josh McHugh from Wired magazine.
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When a visitor from Canada was attacked by a shark this month, Dr. Peter Galpin helped save his life and the use of his hand. Galpin himself doesn't have full use of his own limbs, but his wheelchair didn't get in the way.