[Nfb-seniors] it's happening!/I need help!

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Miss Merryfield ... one more thing to my first response to being blind and
using a motorized wheel chair ... my ride in the power chair was... FUN!
When I was young and sighted, I had a go-cart, you know, a super small car
thing with a gasoline motor on the back. That was a fun time! And the power
chair strongly reminded me of those days!

Respectfully yours,
Robert Leslie Newman
NFBN Senior Division, President
-----Original Message-----
From: NFB-Seniors [mailto:nfb-seniors-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Lauren Merryfield via NFB-Seniors
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:19 AM
To: 'NFB Senior Division list' <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Lauren Merryfield <lauren at catlines.com>
Subject: [Nfb-seniors] it's happening!/I need help!

Hi,

I am now in a situation of being primarily a wheelchair-user. I am using a
manual chair which came from the airlines a few years ago when they broke
the cheapo one I had. 

 

I am trying to get Medicare to provide me with a new chair. 

 

My Dr., and others, feel that a motorized chair would be safer and more
efficient for me. 

 

However:

Some of those involved, including the guy who would be evaluating me is
wondering

"How does a totally blind person use a motorized wheelchair safely and
effectively?"

 

Sooooo, is there anyone out there who can tell me? I believe it can be done,
of course, but I do not have the skills as of yet.  

 

My knees and hips are shot from osteoarthritis and I can only hobble to the
bathroom and back and it is excruciatingly painful-as in bone on bone.  

 

I am on the blind rollers group and have posed this same question. However,
I have not yet received a reply. 

 

I need someone who would be willing to actually talk to these people, to
advocate for and with me. Is there anyone out there with the experience
and/or expertise to do this?

Thanks,

Lauren Merryfield

 

                

 

Yea! the audiobook version of "Jesus makes the difference:a collection of
stories for young people" is now available on iTunes and at audible . com
(delete the spaces). 

As my cats would say:"Meow when you feel like it!"

 

 

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