Project A-Day-in-a-Wheelchair
 Project A-Day-in-a-Wheelchair an experiential project to promote awareness, understanding and acceptance of independent wheelchair-bound living in Singapore
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page 5 - Pre-Journey Familiarisation Training, 14 March 1999
Participants for the experiential wheelchair-bound journey reporting at Singapore Conference Hall from as early as 8.30am.
Meanwhile, the disabled volunteers from HWA were preparing themselves.
Participants for the experiential wheelchair-bound journey reporting at Singapore Conference Hall from as early as 8.30am.
Wheelchair-Handling Familiarisation
Wheelchair-Handling Familiarisation

Briefing and hands-on familiarisation of basic wheelchair handling skills

Briefing and hands-on familiarisation of basic wheelchair handling skills
were done prior to the commencement of the wheelchair-bound journey.
Facilitator to participant: "You hold like this... tilt back like this while pressing your foot down... and kar-kar move down the curb..." Facilitator to participant: "You hold like this... tilt back like this while pressing your foot down... and kar-kar move down the curb..."
Participant in wheelchair: "Oh... I'm blacking out..."
Helping a wheelchair-user negotiate a curb safely
Self-manouvering in a wheelchair safely
Helping a wheelchair-user negotiate a curb safely
Self-manouvering in a wheelchair safely

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