[Blind-Rollers] Blind-Rollers Digest, Vol 110, Issue 1

[Juan Gil]

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>   1. a turn for the... not sure (Lauren Merryfield)
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> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 01:50:22 -0700
> From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren at catlines.com>
> To: "'Blind wheelchair users list'" <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Blind-Rollers] a turn for the... not sure
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> Hi,
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> The physical therapist, who has more clout than I realized, is still
> panicking about my using a power chair as a blind person.  So much so that
> she is now recommending Power Assist.  She thinks I need to be reevaluated
> for this type of chair.  
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> I did fine on the power loaner except for it being way too big for me. I
> could only sit on the edge of the seat, which was hard to reach. 
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> So I felt like I was going to fly off at any moment. 
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> I guess some of the residents (and who know, possibly staff) have been
> worried about how I might run into people who don't have very good bearings
> themselves. And then, there's the elevator.  
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> I feel that the residents could get used to me on a power chair in time. 
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> She says that a manual chair with a motor is what she believes I really
> need. 
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> So she's overriding my doctor and the evaluating staff.  It probably won't
> take much to win them over to this new idea.  
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> So I went ahead a purchased a manual chair because my current one has many
> issues.  I may not be able to pay all of my rent this month but I'll have a
> wheelchair!  I mean, to reevaluate me means more months on top of the four
> months that have already gone by.  So I'm not waiting on them. The chair I'm
> getting is probably not near the quality the new one will be through my
> insurance, but hopefully it will get me through the long wait. 
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> I have mixed feelings. Part of me agrees with the physical therapist on the
> power assist compromise. But I  sure don't think she should sabotage or
> railroad my getting a power chair just on fear.  
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> Thanks,
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> Lauren Merryfield
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> diversity increaseth their charm, and addeth unto their beauty.  ....
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