Make one or go to a home health supply store.

Yesterday I received my new power wheelchair. I have severe arthritis and I can’t push myself in a manual chair anymore. I am excited about having a new sense of independence and I will be working on getting a van and putting a ramp in it next spring.

I work for a non-profit and I have a LOT of support from co-workers and friends.

My family haven’t really accepted me and sometimes seem in denial about my limitations. They still treat me like a child, even my sister who is 10 years YOUNGER than me!

I have disabilities, 28 years old, married and I have a full time job, my own apartment and car. I’ve been out on my own for almost 9 years and they still do not treat me like an adult.

I have emailed a lot of people I know about my power-chair and received a LOT of responses back with congratulations and letting me know if I need any help to let them know, etc.

Not ONE of my family members responded. My in-laws are excited and I’m closer to them because they treat me like an adult and accepted me 100%.

My family would invite me to do activities that I physically cannot do and would get upset when I declined their invitations and they stopped inviting me to do anything with them.

I accepted a while ago that my family won’t treat me like an adult and I need to live my life and have limited contact with them. Why am I hurt anyways?

(at least my in-laws and husband are supportive!!!)

Mini Hulk, I am 53 and my mother still treats me like I am an 8 year old because of my disability. My cousins all laugh when we visit the States and say “oh poor …. can’t do that he is crippled” laughing at my mother. I used to laugh with them but over time it has and does become a sore spot but I have come to accept that is her and nothing is going to change her. My wife (like your husband) remains supportive and will also get to the point where she has to sometimes let my mom know that I am no longer a child and am capable of doing many things. Congrats on your new chair and hope that eventually your folks and family come to accept you for being who you are and that your relationship with them can be more normal. Best of luck.

The previous answerer was absolutely correct: many quads with incomplete injuries are able to use their hands to operate the chair controls.

Also, there are several options for those who do not have use of their hands. One of the most common methods is the use of a "Sip and Puff" switch (see http://store.ergoguys.com/ac0300.html ). The user operates the device by either sucking or blowing into the tube.

Another common tool is the ASL Head Array. The user controls his chair by simply moving his head. (see http://www.asl-inc.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.asp?productid=3 )

Is it possible to integrate a power wheelchair into a car & operate the car just by using the joystick control of the power wheelchair? This is just a rough idea & I know it can be perfected.. I'm a handicap guy with just a usable left arm(right arm & both legs are paralyzed) so I was thinking if this whole idea is possible…
Maybe a similar product is already out there that I do not know of?
Please advise.. thx.

Anything is possible. With the right amount of engineering and cash that is. One quick question tho. When your hand is on the control, and you sneeze or cough, do you inadvertently mover the control? Or can you let go before sneezing/coughing? Now imagine you are driving on a busy street or highway when this occurs. See what I'm getting at? My brother is the same as you, except it's his right arm is usable. He cannot control himself when he coughs. If he's driving the chair and coughs, he pinballs around the room.

there is no set amount. any durable medical company that accept an assignment on a chair must accept what medicare pays. if they provide you with a chair and accept the assignment the chair is yours

Something I can use indoors at a convention so I don't have to pack my wheelchair. Everytime I use my wheelchair people see me and assume that I'm going to go slower than them so they step right in front of me, so I was thinking that if I had an electric scooter that didn't look like a wheelchair I might avoid this problem.

I'm looking for something similar to the razor scooter line. Or the 2008 Schwinn 500 Electric Scooter. I'm not sure which is better or if there is something better than those two lines please give your best answer or guess.

P.S. I'm looking for serious answers.
I'm a left leg amputee so using the wheelchair is mainly so I can get around without having to stop and sit down every half hour to rest. But like I said people see the wheelchair and walk right in front of me so I need something that they wouldn't normally run in front of.

I think there's more information needed here.

Looking at what we have here, I know you're in a wheelchair so I know you've got reduced mobility for some reason.

At the same time, the 2008 Schwinn 500 Electric Scooter (Which actually looks totally awesome and I want one so I don't have to drive my truck to work) looks like you'd need to be able to move your legs to some degree to use it so you don't fly over when you stop.

So how about some additional details?

like an an AA service for mobility scooters in the UK to transport a scooter to your home if it breaks down when you are out using it?

Try one of the roadside assistance insurers where you live you may be surprised.

I know that in Australia the RACV has a roadside assistance service for powered wheelchairs – not sure if they cover scooters but as I said just check them out and see if they have something simalar.

you could take yours with you the airline must fly it for free, it does not count as an item of luggage

we are going to florida to disney worls, seaworl etc, does any one no if they have electric scooters which we can hire etc for the day, do we have to book these? My mum, has bone cancer and is now in a wheelchair, she uses a electric scooter here, but we have been told that she cant take it, she likes the scooter for her own indepenance etc., anh answers or suggustion would be fantastic, thanks

Each park at Disney offers wheelchairs for rentals, but if they sell out of them before you arrive, they won't have anymore to offer, so be sure to do that first. I've included a link to info on Disney's wheelchairs.

However, I think that it would be much easier for your family to rent the wheelchair for your entire stay, and probably a lot less expensive as well. So that you don't have to rent one each day, you can rent one for the length of your stay. I highly recommend Walker Mobility, they are a really great company and they will both deliver and pickup the electric scooter at your hotel. Their prices are really great and they have a lot of different options available, I've included a link to their site as well.

I hope this will make your vacation a little smoother!

I searched the internet and didn't come up with much. Good luck bro.

Indoor wheelchair soccer looks interesting.

http://www.aaasp.org/leagues/soccer/