I would definitely bring the cane next time. Also be sure to use your other aids like the IRA and Be my eyes apps. Just to keep this within the rules of this list, does anyone know of any power chairs that could be controlled by an Iphone app that would be useful for this individual? Are there any other apps that can be used to notify one of obsticles in one's way while traveling in a power chair?
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM Lynda Ingraham <[email protected]> wrote: > I am looking for information from anyone that has used a power wheelchair > in safe settings. I’m not interested in going out alone. But I am of the > age where most of my friends have their own physical issues and cannot push > a manual chair. I am looking for situations where I can go to the yarn shop > using paratransit, etc. I have no intention of being the super blind woman > that has to do everything that nobody else is done. > I went for an evaluation this past week. The woman that did the evaluation > claim that she had worked with blind people before and you know in certain > settings this should be safe. Well, when I walked in the door and she saw > that I couldn’t see the trial was over. I thought that I did pretty well > using era. Granted, I had a responsibility to come up with some suggestion > so I did using the Ray-Ban glasses. But at the same time I didn’t think I > had to ask what is the route you’re gonna send me on etc. so I was trying > to split my attention too many directions. I didn’t run anybody over. I had > the chair on slow and the one thing that I forgot to bring or to use during > our trial, would’ve been a white cane to trail the wall. But they gave me > about a five minute trial and told me that they are ref they are refusing > to write for a wheel a power chair. The reason I’m not excited about a > manual chair is I have a serious cervical spine issue that’s contributing > to falls. My neck injury affects my arms. I have neuropathy in my legs and > arms and from falling, not being taken seriously the knee replacement they > did on my left. Knee is ruined. So that’s kind of painful too. So if > anybody has any suggestions or experiences or things that I should try when > I go to a different provider, I’d be very appreciative thank you. > For everyone that celebrates Thanksgiving this week I wish you much > happiness and good times with friends and family. > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or > if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the > owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/3ED859BD-8679-48CB-A6E7-35DA9EFD9CF8%40gmail.com > . > -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/CAC6_6RnF32U-dNcQd-TWBsnerHVcWXGH09Vq2_As8gpKkOyOWg%40mail.gmail.com.
