Uneasy rider
This scooter pilot is not what he seems
From: Stanford Medicine - Summer 2008 - page 50
By: Mitzi Baker

Peter Poullos, MD, a Stanford radiology resident suffered a spinal cord
injury from a biking accident in 2003, which left him paralyzed from the
shoulders down at the age of 30. And a TV show got him back on his feet four
and a half years later.  

Watching the program from his wheelchair, Poullos had learned about disabled
travelers who globe-trotted aboard Segways, the two-wheeled, motorized
scooters. The next day, a Saturday, Poullos test-rode a Segway and was
hooked. He was exhilarated to be that close to walking for the first time
since the accident. The Segway quickly became an extension of himself, he
says. He rode into work with it Monday morning. "Standing tall on the Segway,
nobody could even tell I had a handicap."  

Read the entire article at:
http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2008summer/backstory.html

Links:
Segway replaces wheelchair for some
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/02/19/segway-replaces-wheelchair

Leaning forward: The Segway’s emerging role
http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2008/5/1/leaningForwardTheSegwaysEmergingRole

"Please Don't Push Me Off My Segway"
http://radiology.stanford.edu/blog/archives/2008/03/adonat_push_me.html

Vantage Point: Standing tall on a Segway, doc rides into challenge
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/february27/med-segway-022708.html

Segway helps disabled man more than wheelchair
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/17/INMSV3G2E.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/02/17/INMSV3G2E.DTL&type=printable
http://www.thescizone.com/news/articles/1532/1/Segway-helps-disabled-man-more-than-wheelchair/1.html