Swim bladder disease makes it impossible for a fish to stay buoyant, but some ingenuity and a few aquarium supplies make for a fin-tastic solution. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist ...

Prosthetic leg of Noriko Ito of Japan during her para-badminton match against Halime Yildiz of Turkey in Paris on Aug. 29. (Jennifer Lorenzini/Reuters) The 2024 Paralympic Games kicked off in Paris ...

A French quadruple amputee who swam across the English Channel had his custom-made electric wheelchair stolen in northern France. "They didn't just steal my wheelchair, they stole my independence," ...

In a statement, Leslie said: "It has been a hard decision. "My wife and I will be welcoming our second child into the world three weeks prior to the Paralympic Games. "It was always going to be ...

TRIPLETS are all set to make a big splash this weekend to raise money to buy their paralysed cousin a new wheelchair. Thirteen-year-olds Catherine, Annamarie and Suzanne Davin are taking part in a ...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) continued to announce its Ones to Watch athletes for 2017 on Tuesday (17 January) by naming athletes in swimming and wheelchair fencing. Selected in ...

Philippe Croizon in September 2010 after becoming the first quadruple-amputee to swim across the English Channel. Photo: Philippe Huguen/AFP A French sportsman who became the first quadruple-amputee ...

The wait is over, and the Tokyo Paralympics get going today with the first of 11 days of competition. Australia's 179-strong team will be competing in 18 of the 22 sports in Tokyo, and will be the ...

THIS little fella is as good as gold again thanks to his owner building him a “fish wheelchair.” The clever contraption was created by aquarium enthusiast Henry Kim, 32, after several of his goldfish ...

Officials in Florida say a 68-year-old man drowned on New Year's Eve when his wheelchair fell into a backyard swimming pool.The Tampa Bay Times reports Terry Chambers was unresponsive when he was ...