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[deza]

The more time I spend in the wheelchair, the more tempted I am to write a paranormal featuring a leprechaun or brownie trying to exist in a human world.

IRN, why does B&N insist on having card readers at a mid-torso height for a standing adult? That places it about 2 inches above my head when I'm on wheels. Trust me, gimps read too!

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[lady-autumnstar.livejournal.com]

For the same reason keypads on drive-up ATM's have Braille letters on them.

[deza.livejournal.com]

That one I actually understand. The people making the keypads have no way of knowing where an individual unit will end up, so it's practical to make them all consistent.

[lady-autumnstar.livejournal.com]

Oh fine, just be all reasonable about it. I think it's much more amusing to think of Stevie Wonder driving up to the ATM to get walking around cash for the weekend.

pppttthhhbbbbb!

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

IRN?

The thing that amazes me is the card readers at gas stations that I have to reach up to use. I'm not tall, but I'm by no means all that short. I'd imagine it's a reach for a whole lot of women, and for many people with disabilities. (Then again, I suppose if one is gassing the car one is unlikely to be sitting in a wheelchair at the time, but still.)

[deza.livejournal.com]

In Related News.

I know a number of people who are permanently wheelchair-bound and still drive (trust me, I'm very thankful to still have some mobility!). Vans have a number of adaptations for paraplegics to drive. You're right, though, they still need to gas up their vehicles, and that's a bit of challenge.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Oh, driving I can easily see, but dealing with getting a wheelchair out, getting into it, gassing the car, then repeating the process to get back into the driver seat sounds fairly sucktastic.

How /does/ that work? The only people I've watched getting in and out of wheelchairs to drive are able to walk between stowing the wheelchair and getting into the driver seat.

[deza.livejournal.com]

Generally there's a door with a permanent lift installed on the side opposite the gas tank. The driver's seat is removed, and brackets to hold the chair in place are installed in the floorboards. Gas and brake are both controlled by hand switches on the steering wheel. To gas up, the driver has to roll onto the lift, loser it, roll around to the tank, gas up from a seated position, roll back to the lift and roll back into the vehicle.

[musicwolf.livejournal.com]

Also, a lot of stations have buttons to call for service and pumping for handicap is supposed to be one of them. Even at self-serve spots. Hmm...maybe this means NJ is on the forefront of handicap equality at gas stations.

[denelian.livejournal.com]

actually, by federal law a disabled person merely needs to *honk* - because if they don't have the lift in their car, it's too much of a pain to get out to push the button.
and this is supposed to be how it works at self service stations, too. i worked at a local gas station here in Ohio, a fairly busy one. and there was a *very* nice lady, with 3 kids aged 12, 9 and 6, the first time she got gas she had the 12-year-old doing it because she didn't even KNOW she was legally allowed help. that first time, thankfully, it was dead other than her - so i went out, at first just to figure out what a person under the age to pump gas [which is 15 or 16, can't remember in this state] was doing pumping gas. the girl was used to it - before i was even halfway there she was *very* politely explaining that her mommy had difficulty getting in-and-out of the car. and i smiled back [kid must have been harrassed dozens of times, and was still sweeter than pie] and said "i'll get it for you, and then speak to your mom"
mom was harder - she was on the defense before i said i word. so i started with "my mom is in the same boat. but, did you know that i am required by law to pump gas for any person with a disability placard. all gas station attendents are"

she fueled up every wensday and saturday at almost exactly 3pm.
when i had to get rid of my poor, poor dog, they took him :)

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[denelian.livejournal.com]

as for the card read - it's not B&N. grocery stores provide ridey-carts with baskets - and then you HAVE to stand to swipe your card :(


everywhere is harder than it should be...

[paradoxymoron.livejournal.com]

I want to read that.
(also? http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/ slash http://www.nanowrimo.org/)
(and it's probably better than my idea this morning of Mimi Rogers starring in a Long Kiss Goodnight style kidnapping script)