Ken,

While someone might sue the brace maker(s) over something like this, I'd
hope that they'd be smart enough to caution the users about this.  I
wear an AFO on my left ankle for when I walk that I'd never wear with my
Velcro tennis shoes, but wear fairly frequently with my lace up hiking
boots.  I'd walk out of it in 2 minutes in my tennies.

Tying the boots was a trick that took me years to learn (I use my teeth
and my right hand to do it).  The speed laces on the boots are great,
because then I don't have to worry about eyelets, and threading.  The
only thing that ever concerned me was if I ever had to teach a kid how
to tie shoes.  They'd get either laughed out of kindergarten, or be the
coolest kid in class.

If someone with CP sued because they tripped over untied shoelaces, or
using a Velcro shoe in a situation where it was inappropriate, I hope
they'd get laughed out of court as fast (or faster, since they've lived
with the disability and should have learned) as an AB who brought a
similar suit.  

Kendall Corbett
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-----Original Message-----
From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 5:34 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: One handed shoe lacing

well suppose you have braces over velcro shoes or vice
versa. i do not know how braces fit, but the velcro or
other fasseners gets loose or unfastened and couses
the brace not to work and you fall. we are not going
to say that  someone would not sue the brace makers.

--- Chester Worwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sue?  Over what?
>
> --- ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > probably to cover their a*ses with the sue happy
> > culture we live in.
> >
> > --- Chester Worwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > The spring loaded shoe laces are good as well.
> I
> > > still wonder why brace places say to only use
> tie
> > > laces, when everything else seems to be working
> > fine
> > > for me.
> > >
> > > --- Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > A few things
> > > >
> > > > Velcro can be replaced if you have a cobbler//
> > > > shoemaker--repair around
> > > > you
> > > >
> > > > Also elastic laces are also good and handy
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy
> List
> > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf
> > > Of
> > > > kat
> > > > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 19:33
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: One handed shoe lacing
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Only a year?  I'm talking about a loonnng time
> > > here,
> > > > Mike. ;) Actually I
> > > > don't like Velcro that much as it doesn't hold
> > as
> > > > well as shoelaces.
> > > > When I bought some back in the 1980s, I was
> > still
> > > > walking, and they
> > > > certainly didn't last as long as lace-ups.
> > > >
> > > > Kat
> > >
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