New Wheelchair Skills Video Launched
Published: 27th September 2003
‘Turning the Corner’ is the first video to show a person how to use and get the most out of a wheelchair, whatever their level of disability. The video shows people using their wheelchairs in a wide range of daily situations: learning with a therapist in a hospital environment; practising skills in the outside world; going up hills and shopping in a supermarket.
The film, also made with the help of the Private Physiotherapists Educational Foundation and a cross-section of voluntary and statutory organisations, provides a raft of handy tips. These include wheelchair adjustments, postural assessment and self-assessment, practical skills, getting in and out of cars, assisting chair users, propelling a chair (whether conventional or manual assist), shifting bodyweight, finding a balance point for ‘wheelies’, going up kerbs and over rough ground.
Wheelchair user and MAGIC Ambassador Joe Hennessy OBE is the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Mobility for Disabled People and a member of the Spinal Injuries Association.
He commented: "As someone who’s been a wheelchair
user almost all my life, I can’t commend the Spinal Injuries
Association’s video highly enough. Put simply, it helps novice
and experienced users like myself and healthcare professionals use
wheelchairs to their full potential."
