Getting off your butt...
When I first moved to a rural area from Manhattan, I figured I would
have to have a car (most people in Manhattan don't). After very great effort I managed to get a license,
but after sending three cars to the
junkyard in my first two years out here, I figured I better find
another way of getting around.
This is the result. Plenty of people with MS, and others
far more seriously disabled than I, drive perfectly
well possibly with the use of, yep, you guessed it, assistive devices.
But there are others out there FUNCTIONALLY BLIND or otherwise incapable
of controlling a car safely who insists on driving anyway. Here are
a few links for finding some measure of independent mobility without endangering
yourself or others.
First of all, you better know what you're looking for. You
know, being an educated consumer and all that. MEDIchair
is a Canadian outfit that offers some pretty good background information
on selecting a scooter, and links to pictures of the various types available.
Even if you're not going to do business with these people, the information
they offer can be quite useful.
I like the name of Mobility Savers, another Canadian Company offering a wide selection of new and restored scooters, manual chairs, and walkers.
Handicap Unlimited Resources Inc. is in Tennessee, with a similar selection of products. I was beginning to think the Canadians were really putting the Americans to shame by using the Internet more for providing information and sources for mobility by the "physically challenged" (there's that stupid euphemism again). But finally some American companies have begun to turn up.
Another outfit in the good old US of A isWebnet Mobility Products, also with a nice selection of scooters.
My scooter, with which I am fairly satisfied (note the key word here, FAIRLY) is from Electric Mobility. Unfortunately, Electric Mobility does not have a website so I can't plug them. I live in Pennsylvania and the only source for scooters, ramps, lifts, chairs, etc. I can find on-line in my home state is Progressive Mobility.
Some people don't mind being out in cold weather. However, I'm not one of them. (I can't take it below 40 degrees or so). If you're looking for vehicles that can handle all kinds of weather conditions (like you would find in Iowa, where this company is located) try Ranger All-Season Corporation.
Excessively warm weather is no bargain either. But if you can handle someplace like Florida, check outScooters PLUS of Fort Myers.
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