Today Is The 4th International Wheelchair Day!
International Wheelchair Day was the very good idea of wheelchair user Steve Wilkinson (@wheelchairsteve.) I’ve only just read about it, but the Day’s Facebook Page says:
For no other reason than it coincided with my late mother, Joyce’s birthday, on 1st March 2008, I declared on Ecademy that 1st March would become International Wheelchair Day.
By pure coincidence, as you will see if follow the link, that is the date in 1922 when Michael Flanders, the gentleman in the wheelchair in the comedy singing duo, Flanders and Swann was born. Michael had polio.
Younger people are more likely to relate to Flanders & Swann through the modern day comedy duo Armstrong and Miller and their spoof characters, Brabbins and Fyffe.
I’d like all wheelchair users from all over the World to ‘like” this group and celebrate this 4th anniversary by sharing a post on this page on Tuesday 1st March 2011.
Let’s see how many people we can get
Thank you.
Steve “WheelchairSteve” Wilkinson
I would just like to add that I think wheelchair users should use this day to celebrate themselves, and everyone else should use this day to celebrate wheelchair users!
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