dr irving king jordan, the first deaf president of gallaudet university.cond world war, when the government began providing free vehicles, specially designed for disabled people. colin powell tells witness history about his love—hate relationship with the invacar he received in the 1960s. it's very much a result of the war veterans coming back disabled from the second world war. it became apparent to the government that they needed some form of transportation. newsreel: all have motor- invalid chairs and many of them go out in them every day to work in nearby factories along the great west road. the government came up with designing what we would best describe in those days as being an "invalid carriage". but then they got the brand name, which was the brand name of the manufacturer, they became the invacar. all were hand controlled, in other words if you take the three petals in a normal vehicle, the clutch, the accelerator, the foot brakes, they were all incorporated to be only operated by hands. i am a victim of polio and have always suffered a restrict

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