[Blind-rollers] is this discrimination?

[AgapeDEW at aol.com]

Holly....I am going to make a video demonstrating blind mobility...hold on  
for that.  My family is assisting.  It will just be a UTube  clip.  Also, 
if your doctor says electric wheelchair, the company  has a responsibility to 
sell you an electric wheelchair.  Now, whether  the state will pay for it 
is another issue. There is where I think they are  saying they won't sell it 
to you....the state may be hesitant to sell the chair  because of injuries.  
But ahhh, I had major injuries before I got the  chair!  I kept 
falling..hello?  They paid for mine by the way...just  fyi.  And blind association 
helped with the mobility training.  Be  your own advocate and I think Gabe is 
right....when talking of mobility...state  the issues that you require....firm 
back support, if your knees are bad....of  course you could not have a 
scooter because scooters are not good for mobility  because you can't use a 
guide cane.  Best wishes....deb
 
 
In a message dated 7/1/2009 4:32:56 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
info at theblindtechsnetwork.com writes:

why did  you tell them you were blind?

What information would they need or gain  by knowing you were blind.

I believe many blind people shoot themselves  in the foot because they  
almost ware their blindness as a badge and  they announce it in the  
most unappropriate situations.
Gabe  Vega
CEO
The BlindTechs  Network
www.theblindtechsnetwork.com
info at theblindtechsnetwork.com
623-565-9357  (voice)
(206) 203-4400 (Fax Phone)








On  Jun 30, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Holly Alonzo wrote:

Hi All.  I talked to  a friend with a power chair.  She said she got her
chair from the  scooter store.  She suggested I call them because they
did all of the  work.
I called them and things took forever and they never called me  back.
They have been wasting my time for a few weeks now.  Today my  husband
called them to find out why we still have not heard from  them.  Ready?

They said they could not give me or sell me a chair  because I am blind.
Blind people can't tell where they are going and they  could r un into
doors, walls or people.

I explained that we sort of  use a cane to ensure that we don't run into
those things and several blind  people user power chairs and there are
even schools that train guide dogs  with power chairs.

They told me they weren't saying I couldn't get a  chair, just not with
them.  It was a moral decision and its their  choice.  They didn't even
find out which chair would be right for me,  me talk to a mobility
specialist, or anything.  They just heard blind  and turned it down.

Should I contact and ADA lawyer and pursue  this?

Holly

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