Wheelchair Disability

I have a disease call sarcoidosis which has been with me for twenty years now I'm confined to a wheelchair and I need transportation.

You have to find a way to purchase a vehicle out of your own pocket as Medicare and SSDI do not cover transportation.

You have other options such as taking the bus, having a friend drive you, or getting in touch with a local service providing transportation to the elderly and the disabled in wheelchairs. You can usually find that last service through your local city transportation office. They will pick you up and drop you off for errands, but you often have to wait awhile.

2008-09-15 00:02:36 by nomiepooh45@sbcglobal.net

They play football in a wheelchair, have children when they can't see and use motorised hands. Join us to meet the individuals who prove that ...

A friend of mine would like to get a college degree (and thereby get out of the disability cycle) but this person has NO MONEY. They don't want to do financial aid or anything that they have to pay back. Any advice? THANKS!

umm...tough situation. ask around at the university/college he or she wants to attend. you dont have to pay back money if you receive financial aid because it is free money. however, if he or she takes out a loan or grant then they have to pay back later. file the FAFSA (i know high school graduates can but check the website--google it--and see if they give it to older people also [i think they do]). but other than that, im not sure...ask around at universities and online...just make sure ur buddy doesnt pay for any financial aid from online because its probably fake. ok...not much, but hope it helps. hope your friend makes it through college...make sure u keep them persuaded to pursue this dream!

2008-03-05 16:01:17 by Want2go2school

Price: $14.95

I suspect it's higher than you think.
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Well, though this seems more like an "I gotcha!" kind of question, as you seem to already have an answer, I would argue that only a slim minority (less than 5%) are faking. It just seems that there are better ways to fake disability than dealing with the inconvenience of being in a wheelchair.

2007-11-14 06:38:49 by Pavarotti

Price: $34.95

As children Develop at individual paste
My niece is 15 months and staring to stand holding on.

a child with a broken neck-that would need to be fully physcially supported and properly positioned-possibly attached to a ventalator--and would not be able to use a typicla stoller

i work with children that start using a wheelchair around age 3-when they start getting too big for a standard stroller-and need a wheelchair that can be used to transport them on a school bus

as far as your niece-generlaly a child of 10 months will stand with support--by 12 months a child shoul dbe able to free satnd (without holding on) brieflly (a few seonds)

She may qualify for early intervention services if she cannot stand on aided at all.

2009-01-06 02:45:17 by jobees

How would they show their opinion if they could not stand up? I have never seen an MP in a wheelchair!
And when I say 'stand up' I mean in the House Of Commons!
MP = Member of Parliment

This is not about an MP but about a member of the German Bundestag, however, I strongly believe that a politician in a wheelchair could have the same chances in your country. I'm talking about the German Minister Wolfgang Schäuble who was shot at 3 times in 1990, severely injuring his spinal cord and face. Schäuble has been paralysed and confined to a wheelchair ever since, but that hasn't stopped him at all. I don't share his political views, but any man overcoming such odds deserves some recognition for doing his job.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Sc h%C3%A4uble

2010-01-06 15:54:43 by IThink ThereforeI♥