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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 · In December 1958, on a vacation with his wife in Kenya, a 28-year-old British tea broker named Robin Cavendish became suddenly ill. Neither he nor his wife Diana knew it at the time, but Robin's illness would change the course of medical history forever.
The film tells the true story of Jonathan’s father, Robin Cavendish, who, in the 1950s, was stricken with polio at age 28 but went on to live a rich life of adventure and advocacy despite being paralyzed and requiring a respirator.
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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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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Breathe is a 2017 biographical drama film directed by Andy Serkis in his directorial debut, from a screenplay by William Nicholson. It is based on the true story of Robin Cavendish, who became paralysed from the neck down by polio at the age of 28.
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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...
