Well let's see, Medicaid will defintiely be buying a growth adjustable
I-bot for every disabled child I see at $29,000 each!  And every family
has a vehicle that can transport one easily!!  And moms and dads with
children in strollers will have I-bots too so they can go up steps with
them.  People who are wheelchair athletes and need power chairs like a
fish needs a belly button will just save their manual chairs for sports,
and people with disabilities that render them unable to operate power
chairs of any kind can all get I-bots that have remote controls for their
caregivers.

I think somehow this technology will not quite replace accessibility just
yet.  Maybe a few years after Hell freezes over, but not just yet.

Vikki Stefans, M.D., pediatric physiatrist (rehab doc for kids) at UAMS
and Arkansas Children's Hospital.  Working Mom of Sarah T. and Michael C.,
and wife of Henry Stefans, travel agent extraordinaire.  Every mom is a
working mom!- OK, dads too. Other address: [log in to unmask]

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, David Poehlman wrote:

> below is a long earl for an article about the early use of some
> potentially revolutionary technology but what I want to know is if this
> is successfull, what are we bonna do with all those ramps.
>
> http://www.smalltimes.com/document_display.cfm?document_id=5141
>