Segways for the Disabled - Page 3

jillmac · 07-15-2003, 01:49 AM

I wrote to my local MS society but didn't get a reply. I have been thinking about writing again - just been horrendously busy lately.

Quad - I know what you mean. Over at an MS site I visit when a new person comes and posts they often type their entire symtom/doctor/tests history in one contintuous post. No paragraphs at all.

Someone always steps in and asks them to go back and edit their post adding paragraphs. Most comply fortunately. If I open a post that is solid text I just skip over it - scanning through the post and trying to keep my eyes in focus brings on a nice case of vertigo very easily.

Same with all capitals - I just cannot focus on them and have to skip posts that are in uppercase.

Jill

Nothing is inexplicable, merely unexplained..... Dr. Who

BruceWright · 07-15-2003, 02:42 AM

I think we have seen here is that

1. Some folks with disabilities are using Segways and are happier with them, more productive, etc, than with other standard devices.
2. Folks like them so much they're paying for them themselves.

So it stands to reason there are people out there who might fit in category 1, without being able to afford category 2.

That sounds like a job for charity.

-Bruce Wright

Segway: Vehicle of Dream

pt · 07-15-2003, 03:38 AM

i might start a new thread on this...but it was proposed that a forum area for disabled / special needs would be useful so all of this stuff in one area and easy to fin, what do ya'll think?

cheers,
pt

billc · 07-15-2003, 04:09 AM

A agree that a Segway/mbility and disability issues forum would be a great idea.
I assume you can even move topics?!

Bill Contoyannis
Manager / Rehabilitation Engineer, REHAB Tech
Centre for Biomedical Engineering - Monash University

pt · 07-15-2003, 04:10 AM

billc-

yep-we can create a new one and also move topics over.

cheers,
pt

Lazarus · 07-15-2003, 10:36 AM

hello-
I have not been at this site lately but glad I spotted this thread. Marshal--of Williamstown--I posted the recent newspaper article about my use of the Segway and sent it to the email address you posted for the MSSociety. Hope she responds to you. My experience with the MA. MSSociety is not positive as they do seem to think the state ends at Worcester. But I hoped your post might do some good.
Linda

QuadSquad · 07-15-2003, 10:40 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by BruceWright

I think we have seen here is that

1. Some folks with disabilities are using Segways and are happier with them, more productive, etc, than with other standard devices.
2. Folks like them so much they're paying for them themselves.

So it stands to reason there are people out there who might fit in category 1, without being able to afford category 2.

That sounds like a job for charity.

-Bruce Wright

Segway: Vehicle of Dream

Precisely!!!

defenbaugh · 07-15-2003, 01:48 PM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by pt

but it was proposed that a forum area for disabled / special needs would be useful so all of this stuff in one area and easy to fin, what do ya'll think?

cheers,
pt

pt, I think that forum would be good. I am in the health field, an avid supporter of the HT, and promote it to anyone I think it will help. Most respond they don't have the balance or whatever. This being a new technology they don't comprehend what it can do. And, not being disabled, I don't comprehend what the disabled are up against. One person I suggested a demo to made me feel really low when he suggested I had no idea what he could do and not do. I felt he could absolutely ride a Segway, but didn't force it. The new forum would help people like me (do-gooders some people would call us) understand what disabilites can be helped.

Follow your bliss,
Ron

http://www.defenbaugh.org/Segway/segway_ht.htm

BruceWright · 07-15-2003, 02:07 PM

A new forum would be great....

I have noticed however that other forums tend to linger long between posts. I think most SC users merely check this forum and never the other ones.

Not sure how to cure that.

But at least with a disabiled community and mobility forum, these posts will stick around longer.

-Bruce Wright

Segway: Vehicle of Dream

pt · 07-15-2003, 02:25 PM

bruce-

new forums take a bit for people to check often, but once they do, usage spikes-- like the buy/sell and rental forums. we'll try it out and see what happens.

cheers,
pt

07-15-2003, 01:49 AM	#21
jillmac Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Juan Capistrano, California, . Posts: 510	I wrote to my local MS society but didn't get a reply. I have been thinking about writing again - just been horrendously busy lately. Quad - I know what you mean. Over at an MS site I visit when a new person comes and posts they often type their entire symtom/doctor/tests history in one contintuous post. No paragraphs at all. Someone always steps in and asks them to go back and edit their post adding paragraphs. Most comply fortunately. If I open a post that is solid text I just skip over it - scanning through the post and trying to keep my eyes in focus brings on a nice case of vertigo very easily. Same with all capitals - I just cannot focus on them and have to skip posts that are in uppercase. Jill Nothing is inexplicable, merely unexplained..... Dr. Who

07-15-2003, 02:42 AM	#22
BruceWright Advanced Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), California, USA. Posts: 3,296	I think we have seen here is that 1. Some folks with disabilities are using Segways and are happier with them, more productive, etc, than with other standard devices. 2. Folks like them so much they're paying for them themselves. So it stands to reason there are people out there who might fit in category 1, without being able to afford category 2. That sounds like a job for charity. -Bruce Wright Segway: Vehicle of Dream

07-15-2003, 03:38 AM	#23
pt Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: seattle, wa, USA. Posts: 3,000	i might start a new thread on this...but it was proposed that a forum area for disabled / special needs would be useful so all of this stuff in one area and easy to fin, what do ya'll think? cheers, pt

07-15-2003, 04:09 AM	#24
billc Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Melbourne, , Australia. Posts: 92	A agree that a Segway/mbility and disability issues forum would be a great idea. I assume you can even move topics?! Bill Contoyannis Manager / Rehabilitation Engineer, REHAB Tech Centre for Biomedical Engineering - Monash University

07-15-2003, 04:10 AM	#25
pt Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: seattle, wa, USA. Posts: 3,000	billc- yep-we can create a new one and also move topics over. cheers, pt

07-15-2003, 10:36 AM	#26
Lazarus Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Feeding Hills, MA, . Posts: 144	hello- I have not been at this site lately but glad I spotted this thread. Marshal--of Williamstown--I posted the recent newspaper article about my use of the Segway and sent it to the email address you posted for the MSSociety. Hope she responds to you. My experience with the MA. MSSociety is not positive as they do seem to think the state ends at Worcester. But I hoped your post might do some good. Linda

07-15-2003, 02:07 PM	#29
BruceWright Advanced Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sherman Oaks (Los Angeles), California, USA. Posts: 3,296	A new forum would be great.... I have noticed however that other forums tend to linger long between posts. I think most SC users merely check this forum and never the other ones. Not sure how to cure that. But at least with a disabiled community and mobility forum, these posts will stick around longer. -Bruce Wright Segway: Vehicle of Dream

07-15-2003, 02:25 PM	#30
pt Advanced Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: seattle, wa, USA. Posts: 3,000	bruce- new forums take a bit for people to check often, but once they do, usage spikes-- like the buy/sell and rental forums. we'll try it out and see what happens. cheers, pt

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