Acknowledgements - VA Health care Manual Wheelchair Manual Handbook

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Text:
 Written by: Dr. Helen Hoenig with editorial assistance by Christy Cone and
Michelle Morgan.
 Inspired by: the book, The Manual Wheelchair Training Guide by Peter Axelson,
Denise Yamada Chesney, Jean Minkel, and Anita Perr and the Dalhousie
University website, www.wheelchairskillsprogram.ca/fre/videoclips.htm.
Illustrations:
Provided by Michelle Hiatt, Michelle Morgan, Nancy Pahel, Kevin Caves, and Katie
Apibunyopas.
Funding:
Support to help develop this guide was provided by the National Institute on
Disability and Rehabilitation Research, RERC on Wheeled Mobility, Grant
#H133E030035-04 & National Institute of Health, National Institute on Aging, Claude
D. Pepper Center, Grant #5PGOAG11268.
Publication:
Hoenig H, Pieper C, Zolkewitz M, Schenkman M, Branch LG. Wheelchair users are
not necessarily wheelchair bound. J Am Geri Soc 2002; 50: 645-54.
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