Submitted by Micki from Texas in response to “What Are Your Issues”.
Not all people with spinal cord injuries are in wheelchairs.
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Submitted by Patrick from Illinois in response to “What Are Your Issues”. In IL we are in the midst of crisis in political party representation, budget and debt, etc. I have heard from a trusted source that our Vocational Rehabilitation staff has been reduced by 25%, Submitted by Terry from New York in response to “What Are Your Issues”. My issue is accessible transportation. One of the greatest needs is more wheelchair-accessible taxis everywhere. I have used wheelchair-accessible taxis in Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale, and in Montreal, Vancouver and Victoria in Canada, and I have found them to be very convenient and inexpensive. Submitted by Pamela from Texas in response to “What Are Your Issues”. What is your issue?: My boyfriend and I was in a motorcycle accident in December of 2008. Due to the accidnet he has a C6 injury. He is paralysed from the waise down. Submitted by Linda from Michigan in response to “What Are Your Issues”. What is your issue?: My issue is lack of “motorized doors”. There have been many times that I can’t open a door because of its weight. It seems like every rod in my back want to pop out. I remember the day when people used to pump gas for customers-at what they called “service stations”. The key to that business was just that, service. Today’s “Self Service” business model reduces costs for the businesses, but ignores the fact that some of us actually need service. 
MoreMore about this issue at:www.disabilitygas.comTake the survey at http://www.disabilitygas.com/take-our-survey Submitted by Rita from Pennsylvania in response to “What Are Your Issues”: Im a wheelchair bound woman t-7 and I have been a parapligic sence 1983, for 28 years 6/26/2010 of this new year. I have never played the victum in a chair, I had no choice but to take on my life. Submitted by Andy from Washington DC in response to “What Are Your Issues”: Would like to see a mentoring program funded by Vista or Americor that would pay people that have had an SCI several years ago to work with newly injured people for one year. Submitted by Jesse from Arizona in response to “What Are Your Issues”: “I have a spinal chord leaks, cyst, dura tears, disc problems and am struggling to get health care and insurance. |
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