[nagdu] motorized wheelchairs was re soul searching - question

Sat Jul 14 00:03:22 UTC 2012

I know!  Carerol can really move when she wants to!  It takes finess to 
manuever the thing through crouds.
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From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] motorized wheelchairs was re soul searching - question


> Some chairs move like a mack truck and don't maneover well.  the brand of 
> chair called The Jazzy is excellent!  it actually has six wheels - a 
> larger ones in the center and smaller ones on the front and rear of the 
> chair.  You can turn on a dime with one of those.  they tend to be a nice 
> compact chair and not like those mega sized scooters that you have to back 
> onto the bus with because there's no turning around room in the bay.  And 
> you really don't want your dog's foot to be run over by any of these power 
> chairs - they're all heavy!
>
> Lyn and Landon
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> From: "Larry D. Keeler" <lkeeler at comcast.net>
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>> Those chairs are fairly agile!  My wife can manuever wuite well as long 
>> as there is a little room.
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>> From: "Vanessa Lowery" <vlowery at dhr.state.md.us>
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>> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] motorized wheelchairs was re soul searching - 
>> question
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>> I'm not sure how "agile" the wheelchairs are, but in the dase of the one 
>> lady at the convention, she just thought she coudl roll along at 
>> probablywhat was one of the chair's higher speeds.  In crowds like that, 
>> slowing down would really have been the order of the day.
>>
>>
>>
>> Vanessa Lowery, LGSW
>> Adult and Community Services Division
>> Adult Services Screening Unit
>> 410-853-3550
>> VLowery at dhr.state.md.us
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>>
>>>>> "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> 7/11/2012 2:49 PM >>>
>> I once had my foot run over by a person in a motorized wheelchair, but I
>> had accidentally stepped into the way, and he couldn't stop or swerve in
>> time.  Those things aren't all that agile, I think.
>> There may be jerks out there in motorized wheelchairs, but I expect most
>> people are doing the best they can with what they've got, same as we are.
>> Tracy
>>
>>> I am amazed to hear some of these crazy cane stories especially when the
>>> inconsiderateness happens repeatedly, but although a cane user (like the
>>> one that almost crushed Bibi can be dangerous, a moving vehicle is
>>> worse.  My sighted husband has almost been run over several times by a
>>> person using a motorized wheelchair.  Once outside the Rehab Agency
>>> where I was going for a meeting, a man sped by in his motorized
>>> wheelchair and yelled excuse me as he sped away after I yelped.  Not
>>> sure how close he was but I felt a breze as he went by.  I have
>>> encountered far more inconsiderate motorized wheelchair users than cane
>>> users, and the damage they can do to a dog or pedestrian is more severe.
>>> Brenda
>>> scissors - wheelchair runs over dog who
>>> actually, at the last convention or two that I attended, while there
>>> were issues
>>> wiht stressed out dog and cane users, which could get irritating, the
>>> issue I had
>>> the msot was with the one gal in a motorized wheelchair.  that gal
>>> thought she was
>>> hell on wheels, and she jsut plowed through crowds.  My dog had to make
>>> quick moves
>>> around her which she took offense to, but geez, I did not want to be
>>> road kill!!!
>>> But she was probably as stressed as the vast majority of folks trying to
>>> not only
>>> learn new territory in a short period of time, but were trying to get
>>> from point
>>> A to point B so as to not be late for their intended destination.
>>> Vanessa Lowery, LGSW
>>> Adult and Community Services Division
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