Aids for the disabled out of reach

Inflation plays havoc with prices of wheelchairs, tricycles and other equipment B. Bhavna, a student with cerebral palsy can communicate only by moving her eyes across a home-made chart of letters and numbers propped in front of her wheelchair. As she entered college this year, she hoped to switch to a Stephen Hawking-style voice communication device and a motorised wheelchair. Inflation has ended those dreams... [read full story]