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Date: | Fri, 9 Mar 2001 08:00:59 -0800 |
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You mean like me- falling cuz of the cracks which the wheels of the walker don't roll over........lol That's me- flippin and floppin!!!!!!!! LMAO
Paige
On Fri, 09 March 2001, Carla MacInnis wrote:
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> Mag,
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> You need to use the media to your advantage with regard to getting curb cuts.
> Call the lifestyles editor of several papers. Heck call your local tv station. Tell
> them it's a human interest story that affects everyone, not just those with
> mobility disabilities. Or, you could chain yourself to a lamp post until things
> start to happen :)
>
> Years ago, in the city of Fredericton, I called the Mayor's office and they gave
> me a police officer and a van for the day. We drove around the city, scoping out
> poor side walks and crappy curbs, and I wrote a report and it was submitted to City
> Council. Within a month, work began, street by street, on fixing cuts; heck, there
> were 4 curbs in front of a nursing home that had no cuts. Scary.
>
> Approaching the newspaper is one of the best ways to get the message out there -
> not only wheelchair users need the assist, but parents with tots in strollers, the
> elderly with walkers/canes. Nothing worse than getting a cane lodged in a crack on
> the sidwalk - I've seen more than one elder take a flip. Not fun.
>
> If each of us did this sort of thing in our city/town, things would move along
> very nicely, I'm sure.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Carla
> http://www.brunnet.net/terrier
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