Archive: July 2008

Nobody like that here, no

Posted by Katja on 28 July 2008 | Permalink
Filed under disability | 8 comments so far

On disability forums, you sometimes see thread titles that just make you want to shake your head:

Any paras date another para?
Are there any wheelchair moms?
Do any wheelchair users have jobs?

My first reaction is to say, no, never - nobody’s dating, nobody’s raising kids, nobody’s got a job. That’s for regular people. Don’t you know we [...]

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Delta Airlines and Powerchairs

Posted by Katja on 2 July 2008 | Permalink
Filed under travel, wheelchair use | 6 comments so far

I haven’t flown Delta in decades. Does Delta really not let you gatecheck a powerchair or scooter?
From Delta’s website:

We need 48 hours advance notice and at least one hour advance check-in on the day of departure if you:
* Require the packaging of a wheelchair battery for shipment as checked luggage (one [...]

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Stupid access tricks

Posted by Katja on 1 July 2008 | Permalink
Filed under accessibility | 5 comments so far

We went to see our lawyer today. Apparently the landlord of his building decided to make the building accessible.
They built a nice ramp up the curb:

Then they built a nice ramp from the sidewalk to the building doors:

Then they found out that an elevator inside the building was going to cost $60,000, so here’s what [...]

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