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On the move: Quadriplegic Dave Tierney and nurse Debbie Reiss zip through downtown Toronto traffic in a convertible, advertising their travel service for the physically and mentally handicapped
On the move: Quadriplegic Dave Tierney and nurse Debbie Reiss zip through downtown Toronto traffic in a convertible, advertising their travel service for the physically and mentally handicapped

On the move: Quadriplegic Dave Tierney and nurse Debbie Reiss zip through downtown Toronto traffic in a convertible, advertising their travel service for the physically and mentally handicapped

Date7/11/1986
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134868F
Concerned parent: Brampton resident Ray Scarborough, whose son has Down syndrome, spends hours on the telephone in an effort to keep a bus service for mentally handicapped adults in business
Concerned parent: Brampton resident Ray Scarborough, whose son has Down syndrome, spends hours on the telephone in an effort to keep a bus service for mentally handicapped adults in business
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Architect Joseph Medwecki and Thelma Powell-Brown look at design of Powell-Brown Therapeutic Junior Centre, a treatment centre for mentally handicapped children aged 3 to 6
Architect Joseph Medwecki and Thelma Powell-Brown look at design of Powell-Brown Therapeutic Junior Centre, a treatment centre for mentally handicapped children aged 3 to 6
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Brent McMahon: Quadriplegic veered dangerously into passing traffic during run.
Brent McMahon: Quadriplegic veered dangerously into passing traffic during run.
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Both his cars were on the road, so Barry Goodhead uses a tricycle to show zip he aims to put into his delivery service
Both his cars were on the road, so Barry Goodhead uses a tricycle to show zip he aims to put into his delivery service
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Dave Shannon: The quadriplegic paralyzed since a rugby accident last September, says you never stop hoping and praying about research that could lead to a cure
Dave Shannon: The quadriplegic paralyzed since a rugby accident last September, says you never stop hoping and praying about research that could lead to a cure
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Polish defectors: Dariusz Reiss (left), Wojtek Slupek may stay pending immigration process.
Polish defectors: Dariusz Reiss (left), Wojtek Slupek may stay pending immigration process.
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Fed Up: Roland Reiss of Barrie is tired of Metro's attempts to appeal the $12 he was awarded following an erroneous parking ticket.
Fed Up: Roland Reiss of Barrie is tired of Metro's attempts to appeal the $12 he was awarded following an erroneous parking ticket.
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Kenneth Tierney, 21, of pickering. Required four stitches for cut over eye
Kenneth Tierney, 21, of pickering. Required four stitches for cut over eye
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Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
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No hiding place: This scene is acted out by models, but to many physically and mentally disabled, it is an everyday fear that society must address
No hiding place: This scene is acted out by models, but to many physically and mentally disabled, it is an everyday fear that society must address
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Sandra Post, Oakville native physically, mentally tired and will take break from golf
Sandra Post, Oakville native physically, mentally tired and will take break from golf
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Tragic aftermath: Bramalea teenager Jack Riley, 17, a quadriplegic after he broke his neck during a highschool rugby game last May, is visited in the intensive-care unit of Toronto Western Hospital by his parents
Tragic aftermath: Bramalea teenager Jack Riley, 17, a quadriplegic after he broke his neck during a highschool rugby game last May, is visited in the intensive-care unit of Toronto Western Hospital by his parents
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