[Blind-rollers] update

Charlotte sirius_black at comcast.net
Mon Nov 11 20:12:11 UTC 2013 

Absolutely. I have a manual now and it is difficult to impossible.

On 11/11/2013 11:48 AM, Maureen Pranghofer wrote:
> Hi
> I got my first power chair because the bone disease I was born with 
> was getting worse.  4 years later I was in an automobile accident and 
> had multiple fractures and a spinal cord injury.  I was diagnosed with 
> total quadraparasis.  The only reason that therapists allowed me to 
> use a power chair was because I already had one, otherwise I would 
> have been stuck in a mannual.  I fear that there are many blind people 
> who have not been able to convince therapists they can use power 
> chairs and I would recommend a power chair any time over a mannual for 
> mobility.
> Maureen
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: AgapeDEW at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 11:00 PM
> To: blind-rollers at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] update
>
>
> Penny...its been two years since they applied for a different electric
> chair for me...how about coming over from australia to advocate for me 
> lol deb
>
> In a message dated 11/6/2013 10:12:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> Penny.Stevenson at visionaustralia.org writes:
>
> HI  all,
> You might remember me asking you all so many questions about wheelchair
> use.
> Well the exciting thing is, it looks like my client is only around two or
> three thousand dollars away from getting the chair best suited  to 
> him... I
> really don't see this as being such a big deal.... in comparison to being
> 14 thousand dollars away <grin>
>
> Unfortunately for me, I  am moving offices so have to transfer his case
> over to one of my other  colleagues.... just as we are getting to the 
> really
> fun part!
>
> When I  have more info for you about the final specs of his chair I'll 
> let
> you all  know but I just wanted to thank you all so much for your 
> support.
>> From  Penny - O&M in Australia
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  Blind-rollers [mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of
> Becky  Frankeberger
> Sent: Thursday, 7 November 2013 2:57 AM
> To: 'Blind  wheelchair users list'
> Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] chair  maintenance
>
> Wow, awesome Bibi, It is fun to get out there and do things  and help
> people.
> Good for you, smile.
>
> How about others on list, what  are you all doing?
>
> I still have my home based knitting business. The  Department of Services
> for the Blind in my State financed the equipment, but I  also had my
> financial part to kick in.  We have been in business with customers 
> all over the
> country for going on five years.  Wow, lots of  ponchos for adult and 
> children
> have gone out of this studio, along with baby  blankets, afghans, Baby 
> swea
> ters, pretty scarves, winter scarves, cell phone  carriers for the 
> neck or
> belt etc.
>
> Contact me  at:
>
> b.butterfly at comcast.net
>
> web site  is:
>
> www.butterflyknitting.com
>
>
> I am a member of the Lions  Club. I am heading off in a few moments to my
> first day at the gym.  Hey  wish me luck, giggle. The first time I called
> this gym I might as well have  been speaking a foreign tongue. He was so
> clueless about disability.  The  next day I did get a call from a lady 
> who has
> worked with people with multiple  disabilities.  She would not be my 
> teacher,
> but she did say she would  speak with my teacher, once we decided on a 
> class.
> So my teacher is  going to meet me at the door and we will talk about
> accommodations, orienting  me to the basic facility, that sort of 
> thing. I am
> excited as I have got to  get out and move around, well as best I can, 
> smile.
> Life is about adventure,  smile.
>
> Becky and the sweet one Jake
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: Blind-rollers [mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On 
> Behalf Of
> Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire
> Sent: Tuesday, November  05, 2013 6:07 PM
> To: Blind wheelchair users list
> Subject: Re:  [Blind-rollers] chair maintenance
>
> Hi, Becky,
> Odie and I have been  doing well: we've been busy doing lots.
> I am back to doing some  volunteering downstairs in the service
> cordinator's office making sure that  the elderly residents get their 
> monthly
> Commodities and offer to help them get  it to their apartment if they 
> need assistance.
> That's cool there's a yellow  Odie and I'm glad to hear that big 
> yellow lab
> and his partner are doing  well.
> Of course, my Odie turns ten years old tomorrow.
> Can't believe it  as he doesn't display the behavior of an older dog, but
> moreover, a large  one-year-old puppy.
> I'm back with the blind bowlers' league here in  Colorado and Odie
> accompanies me over there too.
> He enjoys going with me as  he gets to see another four-legged furry 
> friend
> of his who happens to be a  guide dog from GDA named Liam.
> Liam is a black lab and smaller than Odie,  but my friend Natalie and I
> joke around with one another calling them twins  since they both look 
> alike.
> One is smaller than the other, but they are  both jet black.
> Bibi and son Odie
> who have a big event to go attend  tomorrow afternoon with the Colorado
> Cross Disability Coalision 
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