xtal_01 wrote:
WOW ... impressive towing ..... but a scary price tag!
My wife works ..... amazing since most handicapped people don't either by choice (sit at home an collect SSI) or because they can't find a job .. or in some cases just he logistics of getting to and from a job.
She has worked since she graduated. They let her work from home most of the time, just having to go into the office a couple times a week for meetings and such (she works for the admissions department of a college doing computer work ... or as I call it, creating spam).
Her family said she could not drive. When we moved to the country (well 20 min from the city ... all VT is rural) .... I told her to try for her drivers license. She had wanted to but go t no encouragement.
She took lessons ... was taught to use hand controls (she can mover her arms but not her hands) and passed a standard drivers test.
Here in VT, there is a program ... if you have a job and need to get to it (there is no transit from out our way to the city) than they will pay for the conversion. You still need to buy the vehicle but they pay for any modifications you need.
This really freed me up ... I was always driving her somewhere ... now she comes home .... I do her care and she can be off again.
She has gone from part time work to working overtime almost every week.
So, since she drives, we need a van ... she can't transfer and needs to stay seated in her wheelchair while driving. Full size or mini but a van that we can have a lift put in and have equipped with hand controls.
Thanks ..... Mike
My hat is off to you and your wife!
VT is a very pretty place to live, one of my brothers moved to Southern VT (40 minutes from Bennington)and we visited him and his family every summer for a week. He passed away 10 yrs ago, still miss him, he was a great "tour guide" for us always found lots of neat places to show us while we were there.. I'm not a fan of the VT snow and cold temps but he liked it.
