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I ran out to mow before my 8 year old son could get there before me because I used to play football back in the day and I had some speed.

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I got out there first and I told my wife that I will mow the lawn and she can clean the dishes.

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My son already had sunscreen on so I didn't have to worry about him getting sunburn on the grass.

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I asked my step-brother, who is not married, if he would like to use this attachment and he said that he likes to take his time when doing it because he isn't very busy.

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I knew that I would be able to keep up with the gas and upkeep of the mower and attachment because we make a medium wage (roughly $53,719). Gas is a lot to keep up with, the blades always need to be sharpened, etc.

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I read the instructions for the lawn bagger and looked to see what it said about kid safety and there was nothing on that topic because the attachment does not have any sharp things.

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Each year you know it's coming. The transition from a crisp wind to a warm breeze, green overtaking barren trees, longer days, and kids riding bikes and scooters. Winter takes its exit as spring reawakens the outside world. And with the change of seasons, the familiar growl of lawnmowers everywhere!

Each year, up to 4,800 children are injured in lawn mower accidents. And 75 children die each year from lawn mower accidents.

The most common injuries from lawn mowers are cuts, usually to the hands or fingers. Lawn mowers can also kick up rocks and sticks that act as projectiles, which can cause eye injuries or cuts. Kids under five years can get burned by coming in contact with the mower. In fact, passengers and bystanders are more likely to be admitted to the hospital than the person operating the mower.
Lawn mower-related injuries are the most common reason for traumatic amputations in children. These injuries usually happen in the child's own backyard. They may require multiple surgeries and long hospitalizations for treatment.
As a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, I have seen first-hand the devastating impact these injuries have had, both on the child and the family. The good news? Lawn mower injuries are preventable.

Lawn Mower Safety Tips

Young children should never be in the yard when a lawn mower is in use.

Young children should never be allowed to ride on a lawn mower.

When Can My Child Mow the Lawn?

In general, the AAP recommends that children should be at least:

12 years of age to operate a walk-behind power mower or hand mower safely

16 years of age to operate a riding lawn mower safely

No matter how old your child is, you know them best. Are they mature and responsible enough to understand the risks and follow all safety precautions? Are they strong and coordinated enough to even handle the machine?

Before They Mow

Make sure that young children are indoors.

Follow all instructions from the mower's operating manual.

Teach your child how to check for the proper conditions. They should not mow in bad weather, like a thunderstorm. They shouldn't mow wet grass or so late in the day that it could get dark before they finish.

Be sure to show kids how to check the mowing area for obstacles that could become projectiles by the mower, such as rocks, twigs and branches, or toys.

Be sure that all safety equipment is properly installed on the mower.

Stress over and over that, if they are operating a riding mower, NO ONE should ever ride with them as a passenger.

While They Mow

Only closed-toe shoes should be worn, along with close-fitting clothes. Consider safety goggles and hearing protection for them to wear, too.

Remind kids to pay attention! Despite the pre-mowing check, there could still be a small stone or toy in their path that might be picked up and thrown by the mower blades. Tall grass can also hide holes in the ground.

If the mower does hit an object, turn the mower off right away and check it. If the mower is damaged, do not use until it can be fixed.

If you have a walk-behind mower, show kids how to carefully mow across a slope, not up and down, to avoid slipping under the mower and into the blades.

If you have a riding mower, mowing should be done up and down a slope, and not across, to avoid tipping.

Again, it cannot be stressed enough: keep younger children away from mowing. Kids are curious and might want to get a closer look!

After Mowing

Lawn mower safety continues even after mowing is finished. Before storing the mower for the next grass cutting:

Make sure the mower is off and the blades have fully stopped.

Carefully unclog the discharge chute.

Allow the engine to fully cool before adding fuel.

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Each year you know it's coming. The transition from a crisp wind to a warm breeze, green overtaking barren trees, longer days, and kids riding bikes and scooters. Winter takes its exit as spring reawakens the outside world. And with the change of seasons, the familiar growl of lawnmowers everywhere!

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My wife had chopped off her thumb in the kitchen trying to cut up some food so she would not be able to drive the tractor if she needed to.

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Synopsis: Definition of disability including types of disabilities and defines the meaning of the various models of disability. Disabilities can affect people in different ways, even when one person has the same type of disability as another person. Categories of disability types include various physical and mental impairments that can hamper or reduce a person's ability to carry out their day to day activities.

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What is a Disability?

A disability is defined as a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. The term is used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment mental illness, and various types of chronic disease.

Disability is conceptualized as being a multidimensional experience for the person involved. There may be effects on organs or body parts, and there may be effects on a person's participation in areas of life. Correspondingly, three dimensions of disability are recognized in ICF:

Body structure and function (and impairment thereof)

Activity (and activity restrictions)

Participation (and participation restrictions)

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The classification also recognizes the role of physical and social environmental factors in affecting disability outcomes. Disabilities can affect people in different ways, even when one person has the same type of disability as another person. Some disabilities may be hidden, known as invisible disability. There are many types of disabilities, such as those that affect a person's:

Vision

Hearing

Thinking

Learning

Movement

Mental health

Remembering

Communicating

Social relationships

What is The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)?

The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, also known as ICF, is a classification of the health components of functioning and disability. The World Health Assembly on May 22nd, 2001, approved the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and its abbreviation of "ICF." This classification was first created in 1980 and then called the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps, or ICIDH by WHO to provide a unifying framework for classifying the health components of functioning and disability. The World Health Organization (WHO) published the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in 2001 that covers;

Activity

Participation

Body Structures

Body Functions

Personal Factors

Health Conditions

Activity Limitations

Functional Limitations

Environmental Factors

Participation Restrictions

The ICF is structured around:

Body functions and structure.

Additional information on severity and environmental factors.

Activities (related to tasks and actions by an individual) and participation (involvement in a life situation).

Classifications of Disabilities

Categories of disability types include various physical and mental impairments that can hamper or reduce a person's ability to carry out their day to day activities. These impairments can be termed as disability of the person to do his/her day to day activities. Disability can be broken down into a number of broad sub-categories, which include the following 8 main types of disability.

1 - Mobility and Physical Impairments

This category of disability includes people with varying types of physical disabilities including:

Upper limb(s) disability

Lower limb(s) disability

Manual dexterity

Disability in co-ordination with different organs of the body

Disability in mobility can be either an in-born or acquired with age problem. It could also be the effect of a disease. People who have a broken bone also fall into this category of disability.

2 - Spinal Cord Disability

Spinal cord injury (SCI) can sometimes lead to lifelong disabilities. This kind of injury mostly occurs due to severe accidents. The injury can be either complete or incomplete. In an incomplete injury, the messages conveyed by the spinal cord is not completely lost. Whereas a complete injury results in a total dis-functioning of the sensory organs.

In some cases spinal cord disability can be a birth defect.

3 - Head Injuries - Brain Disability

A disability in the brain occurs due to a brain injury. The magnitude of the brain injury can range from mild, moderate and severe. There are two types of brain injuries:

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

ABI is not a hereditary type defect but is the degeneration that occurs after birth. The causes of such cases of injury are many and are mainly because of external forces applied to the body parts. TBI results in emotional dysfunctioning and behavioral disturbance.

4 - Vision Disability

There are hundreds of thousands of people that have minor to various serious vision disability or impairments. These injuries can also result into some serious problems or diseases like blindness and ocular trauma, to name a few.

Some of the common vision impairment includes scratched cornea, scratches on the sclera, diabetes related eye conditions, dry eyes and corneal graft.

5 - Hearing Disability

Hearing disabilities includes people that are completely or partially deaf, (Deaf is the politically correct term for a person with hearing impairment). People who are partially deaf can often use hearing aids to assist their hearing. Deafness can be evident at birth or occur later in life from several biologic causes, for example Meningitis can damage the auditory nerve or the cochlea.

Deaf people use sign language as a means of communication. Hundreds of sign languages are in use around the world. In linguistic terms, sign languages are as rich and complex as any oral language, despite the common misconception that they are not "real languages".

6 - Cognitive or Learning Disabilities

Cognitive Disabilities are kind of impairment present in people who are suffering from dyslexia and various other learning difficulties and includes speech disorders.

7 - Psychological Disorders

Affective Disorders: Disorders of mood or feeling states either short or long term. Mental Health Impairment is the term used to describe people who have experienced psychiatric problems or illness such as:

Personality Disorders - Defined as deeply inadequate patterns of behavior and thought of sufficient severity to cause significant impairment to day-to-day activities.

Schizophrenia: A mental disorder characterized by disturbances of thinking, mood, and behavior.

8 - Invisible Disabilities

Invisible Disabilities are disabilities that are not immediately apparent to others.

It is estimated that 10% of people in the U.S. have a medical condition considered a type of invisible disability.

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I had called my brother to ask him if he would ever use this attachment to mow at his house and he said that he wouldn't because he barely has any lawn.

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I decided to go to Lowe's and ask them a question about property size. I asked them "how big should my property be to use a riding mower with the attachment" and they said medium to large (3/5 of an acre or larger) because people with a small lawn (1/5 of an acre) just use a push mower.

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I hope that my teenage son is okay to drive the tractor with the bagger on it because it functions similar our a car.