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ASPAYM. Scientific Conference

ASPAYM. Scientific Conference

  11-06-2015

The Association of Paraplegics and People with severe physical disabilities of the Community of Madrid (Madrid ASPAYM) will hold tomorrow Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13th, its XXI Scientific Conference, to be held at the headquarters of the Foundation Injured Spinal Cord (LWF), located at Camino de Valderribas, 115.

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Cumbre Bey-Kilimanjaro Challenge.

Cumbre Bey-Kilimanjaro Challenge.

  10-06-2015

Gema Hassen-Bey is a Spanish Paralympic medallist in fencing who has taken part in five consecutive Paralympic Games and winning four medals. With "Cumbre Bey - Kilimanjaro Challenge" she wants to set up a milestone being the first women on a wheelchair reaching the Summit, with her on effort (no help), the Summit of Africa?s Roof, the Kilimanjaro, 5,895 metres high.

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Roll-A-Ramp®. Best Portable Ramps

Roll-A-Ramp®. Best Portable Ramps

  09-06-2015

Roll-A-Ramp® offers a one-of-a-kind portable ramp for easy & convenient scooter, wheelchair, and disability access into homes, buildings, vans and more. The ramp can be separated into shorter sections, it is easy to use, and simple to set up or take down. Made from 6061 Aircraft Aluminum, the average weight is 5-pounds per 1-foot of ramp.

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Genny 2.0 Urban. The ultimate solution

Genny 2.0 Urban. The ultimate solution

  01-06-2015

Genny 2.0 UrbanGenny? was born from the intuition of Paolo Badano,businessman who, due to a banal road accident, has been living for over twenty years with his wheelchair. Following the accident, over the years, Paolo looked for a way to improve his daily mobility, but without finding anything able to make him break away from the usual schemes. The four-wheelel wheelchair not only seemed constraining and often aesthetically arguable, but had a clearly obsolete technology as well.

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A walk through El Retiro Park

A walk through El Retiro Park

  20-05-2015

The Retiro Park is a green oasis in the centre of Madrid. It has125 hectares and is home to over 15,000 trees. From the botanical point of view, the Park includes some very important gardens: the Jardín de Vivaces, the Jardines de Cecilio Rodríguez (classical gardens of an Andalusian style), the Jardines del Arquitecto Herrero Palacios, the Rose Garden, and the Parterre Francés with the oldest tree in Madrid, a bald cypress that is believed to be 400 years old.

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The Hat. Hostal Boutique en Madrid

The Hat. Hostel Boutique in Madrid

  29-04-2015

The Hat is the first Boutique Hostel in Madrid. Located in a mansion in the best tourist area in the Plaza Mayor, 3 minutes walk from the Puerta del Sol, Gran Via and La Latina. It Offers private and shared rooms, for girls, families and groups of friends. All rooms have a magnificent natural light, private or shared bathroom, air conditioning and WIFI generation.

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The rollator Vs. The standard walker

The rollator Vs. The standard walker

  12-04-2015

A rollator is also known as a rolling walker. The rollator has been designed using the same basic principles of the regular standard walker. The rollator addresses specific needs that are not met by the traditional walker.

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ME Madrid Reina Victoria hotel

ME Madrid Reina Victoria hotel

  07-04-2015

Right in the centre of Madrid, a short walk away from Puerta del Sol and the Golden Triangle of Art, and located in one of the most charming plazas in the city, ME Madrid Reina Victoria 4 star hotel is the latest initiative by group Sol Meliá. The former Reina Victoria hotel is reborn as the new Me Madrid, an avant-garde hotel, which has become an icon of contemporary design in the heart of traditional Madrid.

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Wheelchair Accessible Hotels. Reservation tips

Wheelchair Accessible Hotels. Reservation tips

  31-03-2015

Getting accurate information about the accessibility of a hotel can be a little tricky and sometimes frustrating. Most hotel employees don't intentionally give you bad information. It happens because they don't understand what it is you are asking or they don't understand the importance of their answers.

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Medialab-Prado. Accessibility Mapping Party 4.0

Medialab-Prado. Accessibility Mapping Party 4.0

  26-03-2015

Medialab-Prado is a program part of the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism of the Madrid City Council. It is conceived as a citizen laboratory for the production, research and dissemination of cultural projects that explore collaborative forms of experimentation and learning that have emerged from digital networks. Medialab-Prado offers:- A permanent spacefor information, consulting and encounters, attended by cultural mediators, who explain the nature of the space and connect different people and projects with each other.

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