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Waiting happily for artificial legs to be fitted, Kenneth Davidson, right, celebrated his 12th birthday yesterday at Ontario Crippled Children's Centre. With him are classmates, from left, Dennis, Neil, Frank and teacher Janet Fraser.
Waiting happily for artificial legs to be fitted, Kenneth Davidson, right, celebrated his 12th birthday yesterday at Ontario Crippled Children's Centre. With him are classmates, from left, Dennis, Neil, Frank and teacher Janet Fraser.

Waiting happily for artificial legs to be fitted, Kenneth Davidson, right, celebrated his 12th birthday yesterday at Ontario Crippled Children's Centre. With him are classmates, from left, Dennis, Neil, Frank and teacher Janet Fraser.

Date11/28/1967
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Object NumberTSPA_0126465F
Stacey Slater and his mom Debbit try out the computer that will keep Stacey in touch with his classmates and school studies
Stacey Slater and his mom Debbit try out the computer that will keep Stacey in touch with his classmates and school studies
2/15/1987
Drunk at time: An appeal court has overturned a judgment against a resort where Bill Crocker was crippled during an inner tube race more than five years ago. Crocker says he'll appeal.
Drunk at time: An appeal court has overturned a judgment against a resort where Bill Crocker was crippled during an inner tube race more than five years ago. Crocker says he'll appeal.
6/27/1985
Robert Ellery 18, was crippled by a shot from a .22 rifle. An award from Criminal Injuries Compensation Board enabled the Uxbridge youth to buy this van, equipped with hand controls, wheelchair lift.
Robert Ellery 18, was crippled by a shot from a .22 rifle. An award from Criminal Injuries Compensation Board enabled the Uxbridge youth to buy this van, equipped with hand controls, wheelchair lift.
7/7/1977
Funds are availabe: While OHIP does not cover the cost of artifical limbs in all cases, says Ian Bain of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, I want to assure parents that funds are available to relieve at least the financial part of their anxiety.
Funds are availabe: While OHIP does not cover the cost of artifical limbs in all cases, says Ian Bain of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children, I want to assure parents that funds are available to relieve at least the financial part of their anxiety.
3/3/1980
Mechanical elbow: Daniel Osborne shares a drink with Mickey Milner, director of rehabilitartion engineering at the Hugh MacMillan Medical Centre, where Daniel, 8, was fitted with a new mechanical elbow
Mechanical elbow: Daniel Osborne shares a drink with Mickey Milner, director of rehabilitartion engineering at the Hugh MacMillan Medical Centre, where Daniel, 8, was fitted with a new mechanical elbow
5/4/1988
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
Nerve centre: Tom Christoff programs the Brian (on wall above computer screen), which controls household operations like furnace, smoke alarms and lawn sprinklers. Doll house behind Christoff is fitted with lights and mini-TV to show off Brian's powers.
6/2/1986
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
An event five feet tall, Harry (Bob) Voulgaris, a restaurant owner (right), is fitted for a sports jacket in a new clothing shop restricted to men no taller than five-feet-five inches. Shop owner Lou Brown, left, says short men, generally pay too much for clothes, suffer humiliation in some stores.
12/29/1977
Clear improvement: Gladys Mintz of Toronto is fitted with eyeglasses by Clarence Decaire.
Clear improvement: Gladys Mintz of Toronto is fitted with eyeglasses by Clarence Decaire.
4/25/1989
Fuctioning museum piece: Michael Gilbert, who runs the Canadian Centre of Photography, poses with an 11 x 14 (negative) field camera which he has fitted with a modern lens
Fuctioning museum piece: Michael Gilbert, who runs the Canadian Centre of Photography, poses with an 11 x 14 (negative) field camera which he has fitted with a modern lens
1/5/1983
Audiologist Arthur Squires of the Canadian Hearing Society says bearing aids should be fitted by specialists not by salesmen or dealers.
Audiologist Arthur Squires of the Canadian Hearing Society says bearing aids should be fitted by specialists not by salesmen or dealers.
8/21/1975
Garry Stockfish: Partially paralyzed victim of a diving accident has a specially fitted van, which has enabled him to keep up some semblance of a normal life
Garry Stockfish: Partially paralyzed victim of a diving accident has a specially fitted van, which has enabled him to keep up some semblance of a normal life
6/24/1986
Perfect fit: Dr. William Sauter, head of the Hugh MacMilan Medical Centre program invesigating the use of muscle impuses to power artifical limbs, checks out young Jackie Nickel's artificial arm. He says, we have 2,000 to 3,000 visitors a year coming through here, looking at what we're doing.
Perfect fit: Dr. William Sauter, head of the Hugh MacMilan Medical Centre program invesigating the use of muscle impuses to power artifical limbs, checks out young Jackie Nickel's artificial arm. He says, we have 2,000 to 3,000 visitors a year coming through here, looking at what we're doing.
5/26/1985