Foundation to Encourage the Potential of Disabled Persons

The Foundation To Encourage The Potential Of Disabled Persons is a private, disabled managed Thai Foundation registered in accordance with the laws of Thailand in the Province of Chiang Mai. (Registration Number 54).  The Foundation was founded in 1993 by polio survivor Sunan Willcox with assistance from her husband Don. The Foundations many projects include the Chiang Mai Disabled Center; the Freedom Wheelchair Workshop; a rural and remote area free home visit program covering 6 Provinces of north Thailand (providing wheelchair maintenance and physical therapy); and an extensive Thai language self-help publishing program. The Chiang Mai Disabled Center and Freedom Wheelchair Workshop are located together in the center of old Chiang Mai, ½ block from the Sunday walking street at Rajapakinai Road, 133/1.  The Disabled Center and wheelchair workshop telephone number is:  66-053-213941.  The Foundation telephone number is:  66-053-852172. The Chiang Mai Disabled Center currently includes traditional Thai massage services, a full service laundry, and a craft sales outlet.  The Freedom Wheelchair Worskhop produces a broad variety of often individually designed mobility aids including 4-wheel wheelchairs; 3-wheel all terrain wheelchairs; reclining cerebral palsy wheelchairs;  wheeled gurneys; wheeled walkers, traditional walkers; ramps; crutches; and even electric wheelcha...