[Cabs-talk] access paratransit services

[Brandon Keith Biggs]

Hello,
What are 3 places that you have a difficult time getting to currently 
using the buss?
Why are those 3 places important?

I used:
1. Walmart, I go shopping for my toiletries and sometimes food there.
2. Trader Joe's, They are my favorite place to get food and the buss 
ride from my house is only during school when I can't go.
3. Costco, I buy Cheese, milk, fruit, cereal and trail mix from here and 
the buss does not come close.

I present them with this list and ask if they would like more and they 
let me in.
thanks,

Brandon Keith Biggs <http://www.brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
On 9/20/2014 10:44 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via Cabs-talk wrote:
> Hi all,
> I want to sign up for access paratransit services, which is something 
> that I know many blind people have done to make transportation 
> easier.  Yesterday afternoon I called the customer service number to 
> receive an application to fill out.  My application was mailed to our 
> house and should come within the next few days.  After I fill it out 
> and send it back I have to schedule an interview.
> I would really appreciate any tips on what I can say for the interview 
> to be accepted for eligibility, as I know that Access does not always 
> consider blindness enough of a disability to be able to use their 
> services.  I also wear hearing aids, if that helps at all, because I 
> have moderate hearing loss and they are meant to help.  I have also 
> heard that you can appeal if you are not accepted.
> Also has anyone heard of Dial-A-Ride and signed up for it 
> succesfully?? Did you need an interview for that? I have heard that 
> they work well except that they all take an hour to refill and are not 
> available between 12 and 1 PM.  Is this true?
> Thanks in advance.
> Vejas
>
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