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ogy allows individuals with physical disabilities to have individual mobility with motorized equipment. Unfortunately, keeping the equipment safe may pose a challenge. This is a video http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=disabled+living&n=21&b=1&ei=utf-8&js=1&fr=slv7-msgr&fr2=tab-web&tnr=20&vid=000166437246tnr=20&vid=000166437246 of a motorized scooter stolen from Wayne, who was diagnosed with MS 15 years ago. Four boys stole the scooter from Wayne’s home. The boys unplugged the scooter and took it; they were found in the neighborhood riding the scooter three days later.
In Jacksonville, FL, JTA Connexion http://www.jtaonthemove.com/Schedules/showPage.aspx?Sel=9 provides paratransit service for individuals with disabilities and transportation for disadvantaged riders unable to use fixed route buses. Individuals with disabilities and their families, who are without immediate 
transportation, may find the tab links to “schedules,” and “riding JTA” valuable. Many UNF students with disabilities resolve their transportation dilemma by using JTA Connexion services.
This paper http://www.abledata.com/abledata_docs/Intensive_Mobility_Training.htm provides Intensive Mobility Training for Disabled Drivers for the Safe Use of Power Wheelchairs, Scooters & Automobiles. The paper was written to assist doctors, therapist, and mobility equipment dispensers to better understand the needs for and limitations of "Intensive User Mobility Training" necessary to ensure user- and public- safety. This paper especially addresses the conflicting requirements that many AT (Assistive Technology) users have. EXAMPLES: a person with severe disabilities, such as a spinal-injury quadriplegic or a person with advanced ALS or MS, is acquiring a power wheelchair for both indoor- and outdoor- use. Or, perhaps, such a person desires to drive an automobile or wheelchair van using special controls or assistive technology. The basic conflict this person faces is to receive sufficient training and practice to ensure SAFETY (his own and the public's) despite his own physical endurance limitations (that may limit the time for each training or practice session.)
ogy allows individuals with physical disabilities to have individual mobility with motorized equipment. Unfortunately, keeping the equipment safe may pose a challenge. This is a video http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=disabled+living&n=21&b=1&ei=utf-8&js=1&fr=slv7-msgr&fr2=tab-web&tnr=20&vid=000166437246tnr=20&vid=000166437246 of a motorized scooter stolen from Wayne, who was diagnosed with MS 15 years ago. Four boys stole the scooter from Wayne’s home. The boys unplugged the scooter and took it; they were found in the neighborhood riding the scooter three days later.
In Jacksonville, FL, JTA Connexion http://www.jtaonthemove.com/Schedules/showPage.aspx?Sel=9 provides paratransit service for individuals with disabilities and transportation for disadvantaged riders unable to use fixed route buses. Individuals with disabilities and their families, who are without immediate transportation, may find the tab links to “schedules,” and “riding JTA” valuable. Many UNF students with disabilities resolve their transportation dilemma by using JTA Connexion services.
This paper http://www.abledata.com/abledata_docs/Intensive_Mobility_Training.htm provides Intensive Mobility Training for Disabled Drivers for the Safe Use of Power Wheelchairs, Scooters & Automobiles. The paper was written to assist doctors, therapist, and mobility equipment dispensers to better understand the needs for and limitations of "Intensive User Mobility Training" necessary to ensure user- and public- safety. This paper especially addresses the conflicting requirements that many AT (Assistive Technology) users have. EXAMPLES: a person with severe disabilities, such as a spinal-injury quadriplegic or a person with advanced ALS or MS, is acquiring a power wheelchair for both indoor- and outdoor- use. Or, perhaps, such a person desires to drive an automobile or wheelchair van using special controls or assistive technology. The basic conflict this person faces is to receive sufficient training and practice to ensure SAFETY (his own and the public's) despite his own physical endurance limitations (that may limit the time for each training or practice session.)
I found this New York website http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/fea/20030421/202/355 interesting due to the controversial issues with transportation for individuals with disabilities. I found the archive full of interesting fact that show how slow society moves when making accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Check out the link to “A Decade of Disability Rights.”
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, & South Carolina Mobility Equipment Specialists & Dealers website 
http://digiads.com.au/MobilityAids/MobilityEquipmentSpecialists-Florida-Georgia-NorthCarolina-SouthCarolina.htmlia-NorthCarolina-SouthCarolina.html allows families of persons with disabilities to find adaptive used vehicles for sale in the southeastern area. The site is beneficial for families who cannot afford to pay to customize a brand new vehicle. The left tab provides a search for particular vehicle accommodations and vehicle type. Additionally, Mobility Van Sales allows individuals with disabilities to search for vehicles according to their state location. http://www.mobilityvansales.com/used-handicap-vans/florida_vansales.html
http://digiads.com.au/MobilityAids/MobilityEquipmentSpecialists-Florida-Georgia-NorthCarolina-SouthCarolina.htmlia-NorthCarolina-SouthCarolina.html allows families of persons with disabilities to find adaptive used vehicles for sale in the southeastern area. The site is beneficial for families who cannot afford to pay to customize a brand new vehicle. The left tab provides a search for particular vehicle accommodations and vehicle type. Additionally, Mobility Van Sales allows individuals with disabilities to search for vehicles according to their state location. http://www.mobilityvansales.com/used-handicap-vans/florida_vansales.html
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