wheelchair accessible vans

february 29 2008

I don't know if I have blogged about this. Maybe not.
The last months I have problems walking.

I guess I have a whiplass in my leg combined with a knee injury.
Last week I had to use the busses and I really had a hard time stepping in and out.
There are a few busses that can lower the steps, but most of them can't.
So I came home every day with such a lot of pain. I can't describe.

My friend Mandy made fun of me, in a nice way.
She's experienced my problems first hand before she landed in a wheelchair.
Because she can't stand on her feet anymore she can call for wheelchair accessible vans.

They're the best solution for her mobility needs.
She likes the ones with a floor that moves down and a ceiling that is as high as possible.
She can drive in them herself.

But she likes the other vans that MobilityWorks provides too, even though she doesn't like the lifts some have. They're perfectly safe, but she's afraid of heights.

MobilityWorks also makes customised vans, which enables a friend to visit her family. She's even worse handicapped, but that special van enables her to bridge the distances between family and other locations. So she can spend her time much more the way she wants.

Mandy offered to rent a van for me, so I could have my say at the school that promised a place for my autistic son. Well, I'd better stay at home. LOL!
My insurance won't pay for that anyway, I'm just dealing with a temporary problem, but most insurances provide support for handicap accessible vans for those who need transport on a regular basis.