Wheelchair

‘I want to show wheelchair users they can travel the world’

Eléonore Vern tells us about her plans for a solo round-the-world trip in an all-terrain wheelchair and why she will avoid Paris

Ryanair and Bordeaux airport in row as disabled woman left off flight

Both blame each other after a passenger in a wheelchair and her partner found their plane taxiing on the runway as they attempted to board

Free wheelchairs do not go far enough, say French disabled groups

Other reforms promised by government, including improved access at railway stations, were also criticised for lacking ambition and clarity

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Wheelchair brakes win top prize at France’s invention competition

Other winners include inflatable home flood barriers and a water-saving system for swimming pools

Musical sister act raises funds for French convent

Nuns film short musical comedy to help raise money for wheelchair facilities

Lego wanted to help make wheelchair ramps in eastern France

The plastic bricks will be used to help make ramps for people who use wheelchairs; it takes 1,600 bricks to make one ramp.

French café refuses entry to disabled guide dog owner

Café owners in France refused entry to a woman who uses a wheelchair, on the grounds that her assistance dog was not allowed inside. The incident was captured on video.

All-terrain wheelchair inspired by snow-go ski holiday

Inspiration for the six-wheel chair came during a frustrating family ski holiday

Old friends running special for disabled trail blazers

It was the discovery that an old school friend had been confined to a wheelchair following a motorcycle accident that prompted Nice-based runner Antoine Carlotti to come up with Trail Pour Tous ( trailpourtous.fr )