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  Sailing for people with disabilities
 
  Dear Sir or Madam,

Feeling the wind in your face and the water – many people favor sports that take place in or on the water, such as sailing. But can you do that at all if you have a disability? Elke Paatz – disabled herself since a sports accident – answers this question quite clearly in the affirmative. She is campaigning at the DSV (German Sailing Federation ) for more and more sailing clubs to also offer "inclusive sailing". You can read more about this in the We asked interview.

Have a nice day!
Simone Ernst
Editorial team REHACARE.com
 
 
Graphic: 14 to 17 September 2022, REHACARE International Trade Fair for Rehabilitation and Care, Düsseldorf, Germany
 
 
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Inclusion in water sports: "Disability is no longer an issue once you get in the boat"
We asked ...
Photo: an inclusive sailboat with a man in front and a woman behind. The woman is missing her arms and steers with her feet; Copyright: Andrea Francolini-www.afrancolini.com
What does inclusive sailing entail? Just ask Elke Paatz. She practically grew up on a sailboat and has become disabled as the result of a sports accident. Paatz is the contact person for inclusive (adaptive) sailing on behalf of the German Sailing Federation (German: Deutscher Segler Verband), DSV.
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Work & Education
 
 
Photo: Edmund Ödamer uses a lift system to get into the cab of his JOHN DEERE tractor; Copyright: PARAVAN GmbH
 
Thanks to PARAVAN retrofitting, Edmund Ödamer's most important work tool, the tractor, is now accessible. The cooperation between JOHN DEERE and PARAVAN is based on developing efficient mobility solutions so that people with physical impairments can be efficiently and purposefully reintegrated into the primary labor market.
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Vanessa Lehnert – That's how she rolls
How we roll
Photo: Vanessa Lehnert looking in the camera; Copyright: private
Vanessa Lehnert has been severely disabled since a traffic accident in her childhood. But even with her limitations, she is not dependent on help – and for that very reason often has to fight for acceptance. She would like to see more understanding in dealing with disabilities of all kinds. How else she rolls, she tells us on REHACARE.com.
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THERA-Trainer develops music biofeedback
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Photo: Two elderly patients clapping to music as part of the training with THERA-music; Copyright: THERA-Trainer
 
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Photo: Cochlear implant on the head of a little girl; Copyright: Satura_
 
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Photo: Three men smile into the camera. Two (left) hold the
 
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Photo: 3D-printed prototype of self-offloading insole showing the arrangement of array of arches top view and (b) side view; Copyright: Priyabrata Maharana, Jyoti Sonawane
 
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Photo: The new mobile shower commode standing in a bathroom; Copyright: Etac
 
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