Richard St. Denis is an attorney from Colorado, a Top 10
CNN Hero of 2011, and a founder of World Access Project, which since 2008 has provided hundreds of
wheelchairs
A wheelchair is a mobilized form of chair using two or more wheels, a footrest, and an armrest usually cushioned. It is used when walking is difficult or impossible to do due to illnesses, injury, disabilities, or age-related health conditions ...
and mobility aids to people living with
disabilities
Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physica ...
in rural Mexico.
He was injured while skiing in Lake Tahoe, California in 1976 and has used a wheelchair ever since. His World Access Project collects used wheelchairs from hospitals, nursing homes, medical supply businesses, and individual donors from across the United States.
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External links
World Access Project website
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Activists from Colorado
Colorado lawyers
American lawyers with disabilities
American disability rights activists
Place of birth missing (living people)
American activists with disabilities
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