tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748724412184659374.post3473696648517113267..comments2023-08-12T08:50:35.502-04:00Comments on Disability and I Do: New Chair DayMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00452270099433507759noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748724412184659374.post-4360685475552773702012-09-27T18:30:26.120-04:002012-09-27T18:30:26.120-04:00OUTSIDE the home! Come on. Disabled people don'...OUTSIDE the home! Come on. Disabled people don't leave their houses, EVER. Clearly. It always comes back to <a href="http://www.disabledmom.com/2011/03/we-dont-live-in-parking-lots.html" rel="nofollow">Disabled People Live in Parking Lots</a>.<br />You look great. I may never get another chair and ironically, now, I DO use it at home all the time. Sigh. Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609298657458854084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748724412184659374.post-1899461994856010042012-05-10T17:00:17.316-04:002012-05-10T17:00:17.316-04:00It's because I can usually get about inside my...It's because I can usually get about inside my house with a stick.<br /><br />If you need a chair inside your house, you're eligible for a lightweight manual self-propel one. If you can't self-propel, only then are you eligible for any kind of powered wheelchair.<br /><br />If you only need a chair out and about you're eligible for a standard (read: cheap and heavy) manual self-propel wheelchair.<br />If you can't safely self-propel that, then they can't give you one - because it would be dangerous - but they also can't give you a powered chair, because you don't meet the criteria for a powered chair of needing it in your home.<br />They may, in those circumstances, offer you an attendant chair - one of those ones with smallish wheels that need to be pushed by someone else - but since they don't tend to provide someone to push it, that's not much use.<br /><br />I got my chair with e-motion m15 wheels (like self-propel wheels but power-assisted instead of fully manual) because an Access to Work assessor agreed that, for my work, I need to be able to go out and about independently, to post letters or go to networking events or client meetings - and my GP agreed that I needed a powered chair of some kind to do those things.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748724412184659374.post-85119586825231784552012-05-10T07:52:39.224-04:002012-05-10T07:52:39.224-04:00You really can tell the difference with your postu...You really can tell the difference with your posture between the two chairs. I bet you are thrilled & I am sure you will enjoy visiting up north alot better with your new chair :)<br /><br />As for their insane rules about it having to work inside your home to approve options...that is just nuts. Seems to me it might be against the ADA as those restrictions would limit you to your home & keep you from working, doctor visits, etc. I just love it when one government association works totally against another, don't you? LOLDJhttp://www.eyeshuttertothink.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748724412184659374.post-26693872414886377562012-05-09T12:07:27.460-04:002012-05-09T12:07:27.460-04:00It looks like your back should be MUCH happier! :)...It looks like your back should be MUCH happier! :)<3Cathleen O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15356669715176065818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748724412184659374.post-61700197186180370272012-05-09T10:30:08.573-04:002012-05-09T10:30:08.573-04:00None of it makes sense to me. I mean they are supe...None of it makes sense to me. I mean they are super expensive but if a doctor approves and prescribes it I do not understand how it can be denied like that. Makes no sense. I am thankful to have an insurance company that was willing to work with me. Medicaid told me in 2005 that they would not approve another chair ever. I was 23.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452270099433507759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748724412184659374.post-77653504292356536322012-05-09T10:07:14.186-04:002012-05-09T10:07:14.186-04:00Hooray for new chair day!
I'm not entitled to...Hooray for new chair day!<br /><br />I'm not entitled to my wheelchair via the NHS, even though I have a letter from my GP confirming my medical need for one, which is a confusing situation.<br /><br />However, since I *have* a wheelchair, purchased with a combination of my own funds and a grant from something called "Access to Work", the NHS are obliged to assess me for a set of cushions.<br /><br />Yay for the bureaucracy of disability!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748724412184659374.post-18046296466567673172012-05-09T09:18:44.208-04:002012-05-09T09:18:44.208-04:00The difference to me is amazing! Yay new chair. Yo...The difference to me is amazing! Yay new chair. You always sat kind of slouched in your old one. Love you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944419342506176313noreply@blogger.com