[misc.handicap] Come, let me hug you...

Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney) (01/09/91)

Index Number: 12757

It's sort of like the saying you can lead a horse to water but you 
can't make him drink.  Sometimes people just refuse to use what's at   
their disposal just because it is more of a psychological problem  
rather then a medical one.  Just am happy that things seem to be  
going more your way.  It's the same with my wife, she would probably 
be much better off in a power wheelchair but she wants to always just 
use her scooter because it doesn't make her look as disabled in her 
eyes.  For the longest period of time she wouldn't even use that but  
finely she couldn't get anywhere without it so she now uses it all of 
the time.  When this other person finely does the right thing he'll 
probably feel the same way.
Frank.

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Pandora.Nigh@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Pandora Nigh) (01/09/91)

Index Number: 12767

    Hi Frank, I don't want to shatter your wifes bubble but I don't 
think that most people preceive a scooter as less disabled than a chair. 
Just that you are old. I do love my scooter and will miss it terribly. 
When I could use it to it's fullest it did give me more freedom than my 
new permobile will in some ways. It did a tremendous job of going places 
easily that power chairs can't. I liked the swivel seat that made 
changing position easy, instead of having to manuver the whole chair 
around at times I could just turn the seat. I also like the basket in 
the front and the tiller that I could lean on. If she uses her tricart 
to the max more power to her. Just don't overly let her pass you by in 
your chair.
                       Pandora

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