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Event demonstrates wheelchair reality
CBC News
Posted: Sep 17, 2012 9:09 PM AT
Last Updated: Sep 17, 2012 8:53 PM AT
Nova Scotia's Minister of Health and Wellness spent the day in a wheelchair as part of the Canadian Paraplegic Association Chair-Leaders event to show non-wheelchair users what their lives would be like if they couldn't walk.
The CBC's Stephen Puddicombe took a look at the everyday challenges wheelchair users face.
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