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LEISURE AND OUTDOORS - FARMING
INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS PRODUCTS
| An excellent profile on Peter (C5 complete quadriplegia) and in particular how a modified vehicle has enabled him even greater independence and participation in home, family, work and community life. Brief features on his raised garden bed and welding/sculpture skills. Genius at work! |
| Farmer, pilot, inspirational speaker and best selling author. Sam's next goal is to become the first quadriplegic in the world to fly a helicopter. He is a C6/C7 quadriplegic, following a car accident in 1987 while jackarooing in the Northern Territory. He was only 19 years old and medical experts suggested his dream to be a farmer might now be too difficult. Despite that, he went home to the family farm and over the next ten years rebuilt his shattered life.
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| The AgrAbility Project was created to assist people with disabilities employed in agriculture. The project links the Cooperative Extension Service at a land-grant university with a private nonprofit disability service organization to provide practical education and assistance that promotes independence in agricultural production and rural living. The AgrAbility Project assists people involved in production agriculture who work both on small and large operations. |
| The RPV is a state of the art all terrain vehicle designed specifically for the wheelchair user.The RPV ATV is designed to give the disabled freedom of access to the countryside to allow participation in country sports such as shooting, fishing or for farming access.
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