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A wheelchair for hiking

Posted on May 8, 2022

Omer Zur, founder of Israel’s Paratrek (see here previously) has developed the Trekker, so that his wheelchair-bound father can enjoy hiking. The slogan of the Paratrek is “Where there’s a wheel, there’s a way.” https://www.israel21c.org/a-hiking-wheelchair-that-is-changing-peoples-lives/ https://www.paratrek.org/home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfLNKTIAQg

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Disabled cross the Negev

Posted on December 4, 2016

75 Canadians were among the participants of the 9th annual cross-Negev hike for the disabled, organized by OneFamily and Paratrek.  Hikers included those who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and brain injuries, blind hikers and (for the first time) wheelchair … Continue reading →

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Disability tech displayed in Australia

Posted on October 30, 2016

A delegation of Israeli start-ups developing technologies to assist people with disabilities are showing their products and services in Sydney Australia. They include Paratrek, Sesame Enable, NiNiSpeech and yooocan. (I reported Sesame and NiniSpeech previously) http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-startups-display-disability-tech-in-australia/  https://yooocan.com/

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