Robin Cavendish
(1930-1994)
Paralyzed British MBE, responaut, and notable advocate for the disabled
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Robin Francis Cavendish, MBE (12 March 1930 – 8 August 1994), was a British advocate for disabled people, 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. Despite being initially given only three months to live, Cavendish, paralysed from the neck down and able to breathe only with the use of a mechanical ventilator, became a tireless advocate for disabled people, instrumental in organising the first records of the number of responauts in Britain and helping to develop numerous devices to provide independence to paralysed people.
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12 March 1930 Middleton, Derbyshire, England
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8 August 1994 (aged 64) Drayton St Leonard, Oxfordshire, England
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