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The Chiba Institute of Technology in Japan has come up with a working prototype of a wheelchair with a special talent…

It can climb stairs!

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This is terrible!

A little girl in Florida was her mother's "wild child."

A soccer player and generally active little kid, it was hard to get her to stop moving.

Until she was blindsided by an unknown illness that robbed her of her ability to walk and talk!

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Ever heard of Murderball?!

No, it's not some made-up sport from a movie or something.

It's wheelchair rugby and it's one of the most brutal sports out there.

They use their wheelchairs more like

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As we previously mentioned, there is a new reality show coming out called Push Girls.

It will focus on four woman, in wheelchairs, who are just

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There's a new reality show coming out called Push Girls, about women in wheelchairs.

It focuses on four female friends, all wheelchair bound, navigating their everyday lives.

It's a new subject for reality, really looking into the lives of disabled women.

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On Britain's Got Talent there was an amazing ballroom dancing duo.

Oh, and did we mention that one of them was in a wheelchair?

This woman had been in a wheelchair for eight years and

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Such wonderful news! It's just a shame it took this long.

A judge declared on Friday that New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission could not issue permits for taxicabs unless they're accessible to people using wheelchairs, writing:

"Meaningful access for the disabled to public transportation services is not a utopian goal or political promise, it is a basic civil right."

The ruling is the result of a lawsuit against the taxi commission for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act since less than 2% of cabs are wheelchair accessible.

Disability Rights Advocates, a non-profit, called this "the best Christmas gift our clients could ask for" and we couldn't agree more!

EQUALITY FOR ALL!

[Image via WENN.]

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