I'll be OK working on this. I will figure it out. I just
hate all the fighting I have to do to get something. UGH! I'll do it
though.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 8:23
AM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] damn transportation
and complaints
Stacy:
This makes me want to take a road trip and sit at
someone's door until they provide what you need. ARGHGHGHGH..it takes me back
to the times I fought OSU disability services for a damn accessible bathroom
in more than a few buildings on campus. They actually had the nerve to tell me
they didn't have the money !!!! The Ohio State University!!!!! this was
pre-ADA. I had to go out of my way to find an accessible bathroom, between
classes. Now I'm paying for that with tendonitis, carpal tunnel, and shot
elbows.
Do I sound bitter? Not many people understand that simply saying
"I'm sorry, I know it's not right, or fair" makes a BIG difference. That above
all else is what pisses me off. Businesses and, bureaucracies aren't willing
to simply acknowledge the discrimination of it all.
BTW, did you see
that Friendship Heights, MD won recognition by Natl Org on Disability for one
of the Most accessible cities? Ironic isn't it.
R
On Feb 1, 2005, at
12:05 AM, Stacy Harim wrote:
Yes I have
a van. I wrote all the issues with that in another post. I
have to wait for a driving instructor b/c the one that I had that told me to
call when I was approved by the DMV is on medical leave and I have to wait
until April because the woman that took over his cases has a full load of
her own. Im waiting for my Dad to get here to pay the mechanic so I
can get my van. Vocational rehab will give me some money for the van
but the waiver program is going to have to eat most of the cost. The
mechanic that is approved by the waiver is not a company that vocational
rehab uses to they have to apply to be a client of theirs which takes a
couple of weeks. I can go on and on River. Voc rehab does pay
for transportation but only if it's school or work. It's up to me for
everything else. I don't care who is paying, it is wrong how I am
treated. The only thing is, my state rep is also on the board of the
tri-county council who controls the transit so I am assuming he knows about
the cost. I'm not even considered door to door. I'm curb to
curb. If I am not on the curb, I get left. There are some door to
door, but I have forgotten to find out the difference. I can't hear
crap from inside my house is my only issue with that. I don't know
when they get to my house b/c I can't hear them beep. Believe me I am
furious about what is going on. I'm going to contact ADAPT this week
and see what can happen here. I feel like a minority the way that I am
treated and discrimination at
that.
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