*Sharing from Haynes' Facebook page:
"We need everyone's help in collecting wheelchairs and wheelchair parts! Haynes Outdoor Living will be a donation location, July 25th-27!"
Showing posts with label wheelchairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wheelchairs. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Haynes collecting wheelchairs, parts at Seymour, Oxford locations
*Sharing from Haynes' Facebook page:
"We need everyone's help in collecting wheelchairs and wheelchair parts! Haynes Outdoor Living will be a donation location, July 25th-27!"
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Recuperation journey: Pet peeve, third edition
I really don't want to keep writing about pet peeves but on Saturday a driver angered me again.
And I think what happened is worth sharing to raise awareness.
My husband, Ralph, drives a wheelchair accessible van, as regular readers of our newsletter no doubt know.
He received a lovely note on his windshield Saturday because he took up two spaces in the East Main Street parking lot in Ansonia. It was so lovely that the writer felt the need to use the F Bomb to make his or her lovely point.
OK, sometimes when the parking is tight, or there are no handicapped spaces, Ralph needs to take up two spaces to drop the lift so he can exit the van.
I'd like to ask our friendly note writer how he or she would feel if someone they cared about needed to drive or be driven in a wheelchair van and someone was extremely rude to them.
This isn't the first time we've gotten a lovely note from a friendly driver. For some reason the F Bomb is always included. Interesting.
I know we're not the only family that deals with this nonsense.
Earlier this year a mom with a daughter who uses a wheelchair posted on an Ansonia Facebook page that someone constantly parked in the handicapped parking space at the Joel E. Smilow Clubhouse on Howard Avenue.
That person did not have a handicapped permit and his or her rudeness routinely made the mom's life and that of her daughter much more difficult.
By the way, my husband is chairman of the Ansonia Cultural Commission and was one of the main organizers of Saturday's Ansonia Harvest Festival.
He got the note after 11 hours of volunteering on Main Street during the fabulous fest.
Our family agrees anger only drains our energy and we should feel sorry for ignorant people who go through life being rude toward others.
And I think what happened is worth sharing to raise awareness.
My husband, Ralph, drives a wheelchair accessible van, as regular readers of our newsletter no doubt know.
He received a lovely note on his windshield Saturday because he took up two spaces in the East Main Street parking lot in Ansonia. It was so lovely that the writer felt the need to use the F Bomb to make his or her lovely point.
OK, sometimes when the parking is tight, or there are no handicapped spaces, Ralph needs to take up two spaces to drop the lift so he can exit the van.
I'd like to ask our friendly note writer how he or she would feel if someone they cared about needed to drive or be driven in a wheelchair van and someone was extremely rude to them.
This isn't the first time we've gotten a lovely note from a friendly driver. For some reason the F Bomb is always included. Interesting.
I know we're not the only family that deals with this nonsense.
Earlier this year a mom with a daughter who uses a wheelchair posted on an Ansonia Facebook page that someone constantly parked in the handicapped parking space at the Joel E. Smilow Clubhouse on Howard Avenue.
That person did not have a handicapped permit and his or her rudeness routinely made the mom's life and that of her daughter much more difficult.
By the way, my husband is chairman of the Ansonia Cultural Commission and was one of the main organizers of Saturday's Ansonia Harvest Festival.
He got the note after 11 hours of volunteering on Main Street during the fabulous fest.
Our family agrees anger only drains our energy and we should feel sorry for ignorant people who go through life being rude toward others.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Family event at park in Milford to mark ADA's 25th anniversary
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| Bodie's Place, 725 North St., Milford / Photo from organization's website |
Bodie’s Place is an accessible, community playground located in the park at 725 North St.
The family-friendly, fun event will run from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
It will feature entertainment by folk guitarist Robert Messore from 10:30 a.m.-noon. He will entertain children with sing-along songs.
There also will be a demonstration of wheelchair tennis from 10:30-11:30 a.m., face painting, animal balloons, and refreshments.
For information, contact Lisa Vaccino, 203-876-7427 or Carmen Correa, 203-934-7077.
The celebration is sponsored by the Americans with Disabilities Act Coalition of Connecticut (ADACC). It will be rescheduled in the event of inclement weather.
The ADA was signed into law in 1990 by former President George H.W. Bush.
The landmark legislation prohibits discrimination against the disabled and affords them the same opportunities available to those who are not living with a disability.
The West Haven-based Center for Disability Rights-CT is one of the event’s collaborators.
Marc Anthony Gallucci, CDR executive director, said, “This 25th anniversary is a great opportunity to celebrate the positive impact that the Americans with Disabilities Act has had in the lives of millions of persons with disabilities.”
In addition to CDR the following collaborators are working to make the event a success: West Haven Community House’s Community Connections, City of West Haven, City of Milford & Concerned Citizens for People with Disabilities, Inc., Agency on Aging, and Bodie’s Place of Milford.
Note: My husband and I are members of the Center for Disability Rights in West Haven. The organization's catchment area includes the Lower Naugatuck Valley.
Note: My husband and I are members of the Center for Disability Rights in West Haven. The organization's catchment area includes the Lower Naugatuck Valley.
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