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Robin Francis Cavendish, MBE (12 March 1930 – 8 August 1994), was a British advocate for people with disability, medical aid developer, and one of the longest-lived responauts in Britain. Born in Middleton, Derbyshire, Cavendish was affected by polio at the age of 28.
Jun 4, 2021 · Learn how Robin Cavendish, a British tea broker who contracted polio in 1958, defied the odds and became a pioneer of disability rights. Discover how he inspired the invention of the first wheelchair-mounted ventilator and the creation of the first hospice movement.
In England Robin Cavendish became one of the first paralysed polio victims to defy expectations and leave the hospital, with the help of a special wheelchair that helped him breathe.
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Jonathan Cavendish tells the true story of his father, Robin Cavendish, who lived for 36 years with polio and a respirator despite doctors' predictions. He shares how he made the film with his friend Andy Serkis and how his parents' legacy inspired him.
Robin Francis Cavendish is a British advocate for the rights of people with disabilities, a developer of medical devices to improve the mobility of bedridden patients and one of...
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Jun 16, 2019 · A blue plaque has been put up at the home of disability rights advocate Robin Cavendish MBE to honour his achievements. Mr Cavendish was 28 when he was paralysed from the neck down after being...
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Oct 12, 2017 · Living with polio seems like jolly good fun in “Breathe,” an aggressively tasteful and rigorously cheerful biopic of the English disability-rights pioneer Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield) and...
