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Either that, or Extreme Cheerleading Tryouts went worse than expected… -Ms. Fix-It
Favorite Comment: Fixer slapchop says, “The plastic lawn furniture seat says it’s unpretentious, the mountain bike tires say it’s got that rugged, go-anywhere attitude. (actually it looks like a great idea, traditional wheelchairs are expensive.)”
But in all seriousness Fixers, thanks to everyone who pointed out the website where you can see how these charitable chairs are helping the disabled in third world countries.
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At least it has a cushion.
Definitely not a product offered by the American Wheelchair Mission.
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As much as I think this is a good kludge – its also a VERY important one:
http://www.freewheelchairmission.org/
These are actually being mass produced for third world countries.
not a kludge. This type of wheelchair was specifically designed for poorer handicap people that cannot afford a regular wheelchair. Some are sold in kits.
Cool, the cross-country version. You can almost se how proud he is, making fun of the poor chairs in the background.
I know this doesn’t make it so funny, but this is actually a real item. See this website: http://www.freewheelchairmission.org/site/c.fgLFIXOJKtF/b.4916275/k.BE91/Home.htm
They cost slightly under $60 and people can finally have mobility.
There’s a company that makes wheel chair bases, you can add a plastic chair, for charity. This looks like one of those.
Saw this over on Lovely Listing. It’s part of Free Wheelchair Mission.
Meals On Wheels (version 1.0)
This chair was being built for a new event at the X-Games until they realized they were mounting what was to become the wheelie bar on the front instead of the back. The chair has since joined a support group (pictured in the background) for those that were destined for greater things but have fallen victim to that wretched Murphy and his unforgiving laws.
These could have been created at St. Andrews, one of the South’s first handicapped accessible campuses. Wheelies 101 was offered to all incoming students. I have yet to see a Bertoia adaptation though. Anybody??
It’s a hybrid!
“Wheel of (mis)fortune!”
Don’t knock it – sure beats crawling everywhere.
(They can crank these out for not much more than the cost of the tires and casters, about all they have to buy. And in a third world country that can’t afford the very inflated prices of “real” wheelchairs it’s this, or nothing. They are sending a big batch to Haiti.)
Now that’s a lightweight wheelchair. Too bad it doesn’t fold up, though.
I’m assuming that many of the people who would use this type of chair don’t have a vehicle, therefore, though not perfect, a useful and inexpensive fix.
Also included: 1 body bag. Makes clean-up easier when it falls apart and butchers the occupant.
The plastic lawn furniture seat says it’s unpretentious, the mountain bike tires say it’s got that rugged, go-anywhere attitude. (actually it looks like a great idea, traditional wheelchairs are expensive.)
Does it come in winter white after Labor Day?
The three man version, constructed from a sofa, was scrapped. It proved to be impracticle when attempting to negotioate narrow, third-world alley ways.
A different picture of one of these chairs was on Fail a while back; the comments section ripped folks to shreds over putting it on Fail. You’d think someone would have noticed this and remembered the previous debacle.
Hardly a kludge. Wheelchairs like this are giving people less fortunate than ourselves a way to get around without crawling on the ground, or using a sick as cruthces. Chair WIN.
JUST CALL US at 1-800-555- 1234 and we can get you one of these at NO COST to you.
And, if you call within the next ten minutes, you will receive a FREE Life Alert™ button. Just pay a low shipping and processing fee. Activation not included. If you do not subscribe, don’t blame us when you fall and can’t get up. Unlimited supply of catheters not included. Void whererever you want.
LMAO–I always thought that was a better way to sum things up: wherever you go, there you are…
Void where prohibited.
The “don’t drink and drive” solution at your local bar/restaurant.
Had too much to drink and dont’t have enough cash for a cab?
No problem. One of our specially designed chairs will get you home.
Love sitting on your porch enjoying the sunset? Do you get sad when the sun goes down and the sunset is gone? Well now you don’t have to be, because you can follow the sunset wherever it goes! It’s peace on wheels, for only 5 payments of $19.99.
It’s the lawn chair version of a wheelchair. I’d like to see a recliner version of a wheelchair inside this dude’s house.
It’s always good to volunteer for chair-ity!
That’s a rigid chair frame as well…those are bloody expensive when purchased here! Now I know what to buy when I travel overseas (and leave the $4000 one home.
…and the tires are all-terrain…work well on almost any surface.
yes, those are chairs for the third world countries, and help a lot of people who cant afford a real wheel chair.
I clicked on the link provided by PNC and Lori, and spent about a half an hour reading about this great service. It is very moving to read the stories of people who have received these wheelchairs. Not fancy, no bells and whistles, but a true mircle to those in need. Thanks!
Agrees.
*miracle, not mircle
These are controversial in the wheelchair community, because some think they cause more problems than they solve. When [not if] the plastic breaks, it can’t be fixed, and the design can cause bedsores [and thus serious infection] if not careful. The intentions are noble, but the money might be better spent with an organization like Whirlwindwheelchair.org.
I met a girl who has one of those, and she is beyond happy with it. Previously, her mother had to carry her absolutely everywhere, and she would just sit in the corner when she got there. Now she can go around the neighborhood on her own and not have to be carried everywhere. The all-terrain wheels are great for that, too, because there’s no pavement in her area. All in all, not really a kludge, more like a win.
Do you Cheezburger Network types ever communicate with each other or indeed look at each other’s sites? This was featured on Lovely Listing several weeks back complete with explanation.
As if being a cripple isn’t bad enough… BRING OUT THE REDNECK WHEELCHAIR!
I give it a week at MOST before it has an NRA sticker and duct tape on it. My god, what kind of self-respecting paraplegic retard would be caught DEAD in this piece of… “work”?
… Only a Red State Republican Welfare sh*t nobody, that’s who. Next…
Or, perhaps, in stead of a paraplegic retard republican on welfare, it might be a young child who lost his legs to a land mine.
@Again…seriously? Are you in a wheelchair? I’ve travelled around the world and lived in Ecuador for a time..and assisted in building Ecuador’s first wheelchair repair shop about 10 years to.
These people have nothing! Not even a wheelchair. They have to literally be carried around by their family members. Children can’t go to school and adults rarely see the light of day because it’s too difficult to move them.
For them to get a wheelchair, ANY wheelchair, is a dream. If this allows them to have one, good for them. Just by looking at it, I can tell if could be fixed. People in the third world use their heads…remove old chair, fashion new one from a cheap lawn chair available anywhere…even in poor countries and bold it in.
As for bedsores, they are going to be a problem regardless since they are otherwise stuck sitting in often rigid kitchen-like chairs. A small cushion like that is better than nothing.
These are actually handmade wheel chairs that are donated to the less fortunate, my church and other groups distibute them while on missions to third world countries
That’s sad that this is the best wheelchair someone can have.
You’re looking at a prototype of one of the many ways that healthcare reform will save money.
Again,
You must be one of those passionate liberals they keep telling us about.
I think it’s sweet. Somebody loved their grandma very much to do this.
Look it up in the IKEA catalogue: Page 72 SPAZWANK (Designed by Ulaf Enatme)