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- From: Joe.Chamberlain@p1.f175.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: Hand Controls
- Message-ID: <23935@handicap.news>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 21:37:57 GMT
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- [This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]
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- In a message to Joe Chamberlain <30 Jul 92 22:05> Karen Tackett wrote:
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- KT> Hello, sorry to just jump right in here, but since we kind of
- KT> "know" each other from the WRITING echo, I hope you don't mind me
- KT> asking a basic question. We are looking for a wheelchair lift to
- KT> put in our van for our daughter. She's getting big enough for
- KT> this to be an issue. Also, how does one "lock down" a wheelchair
- KT> for safe transport within the vehicle?
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- Kids have a habit of growing. I am amazed that mine is 28,
- employed, and a hundred miles from home. This from a child who
- couldn't find his way to the bathroom after the sun went down.
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- Ricon and Braun are the two major lift makers. Ricon is
- 1-800-322-2884. Adaptive Automotive of Denver is a dealer, van
- modifier which handles both Ricon and Braun at 1-800-748-3695.
- MITS (1-800-243-6487) is in Pennsylvania and can refer you to a
- west coast dealer.
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- Lock downs are devices attached to the floor which secure the
- chair. Then you need a modified seat belt to secure the rider to
- the chair.
-
- Contact the Univ. of Wash. Rehab center for some good in-state
- referrals.
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