Hello!!!!!

[steav]

I have been losing the ability to walk since my teens due to a rare degenerative disease called Hereditary Spastic Ataxia. I am now forty years old and walk with Canadian/forearm crutches. Since my condition is degenerative, I will soon find myself in need of a wheelchair to get around, and am currently making plans for this eventuality. After obtaining a graduate degree and working in a large university I found myself in an untenable situation. With much sadness and after a bilateral hernia operation and three broken bones resulting from falls I had to retire from a career I loved. The challenges begin before you get out the front door - living in an apartment complex which still does not provide handicap access. I’ve been fighting this battle for years now.
I have found the Americans With Disabilities Act is riddled with loopholes which make it difficult for handicapped people to contribute to Society. This is truly a Human Rights issue, requiring a complete shift in society’s thoughts regarding architecture, transportation, town planning, healthcare and compassion. It’s not only handicapped people who suffer but all of society. Handicapped people have so much to contribute, but face obstacles with every step or turn of the wheel.

 

[jod0565]

As one who does not have the hadicaps you experience, I can only say that I can empathize with you.
One of my nieces will be totally blind soon and the obstacles she has and will face are still a lot to handle.
Good luck, steav and welcome to the board.
Post away.

 

[roronoa3000]

You just depressed the fuck out of me.:weeping:

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

At least you'll get good parking spaces. Ooooh, that sounded a bit insensitive, didn't it? Fight the power, my man.

My Aunt was an insulin dependent diabetic for over sixty years and she fought tooth and nail for the state of Iowa and the US Congress to recognize that her medications and treatments should be covered by Medicaid and Medicare. She hounded her legislators until it was impossible for them to ignore her.

I don't know what authority would be able to make your apartment manager comply with the Americans with disabilities Act but I imagine it wouldn't take more than a couple of minutes on Google to find out.

Good luck.

 

[DJCowboy]

I am now forty years old

I agree with everything you've said except for the above. Why does your info below your username say you're 25 if you are now 40? :dunno:

 

[Ace Bandage]

Whew, glad I'm not that guy... :ban: Welcome to FreeOnes!

::runs away from angry villagers with pitchforks::

 

[Wizard Sleeves]

I have been losing the ability to walk since my teens due to a rare degenerative disease called Hereditary Spastic Ataxia. I am now forty years old and walk with Canadian/forearm crutches. Since my condition is degenerative, I will soon find myself in need of a wheelchair to get around, and am currently making plans for this eventuality. After obtaining a graduate degree and working in a large university I found myself in an untenable situation. With much sadness and after a bilateral hernia operation and three broken bones resulting from falls I had to retire from a career I loved. The challenges begin before you get out the front door - living in an apartment complex which still does not provide handicap access. I’ve been fighting this battle for years now.
I have found the Americans With Disabilities Act is riddled with loopholes which make it difficult for handicapped people to contribute to Society. This is truly a Human Rights issue, requiring a complete shift in society’s thoughts regarding architecture, transportation, town planning, healthcare and compassion. It’s not only handicapped people who suffer but all of society. Handicapped people have so much to contribute, but face obstacles with every step or turn of the wheel.

...and?

 

[Jack Davenport]

Sorry that life has dealt you a bad hand.

I find it disturbing that people are making comments toward this person without knowing for certain if his condition is real.

My experience with the handicapped has been that they will talk about their condition in ways where they can remain anonymous, and it is therapuetic for them.

Whether you believe this post or not, I think you should give him the benefit of the doubt.

If his situation is real, all you are doing is adding more pain to a person who is experiencing a great deal of it already.

 

[Wizard Sleeves]

I don't understand why a person who says they're 40 and their info says they're 25 comes onto freeones with only 2 posts just to tell a bunch of random strangers about their handicap. Odd..

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

Hello, my name is Steve. I cannot afford to go to school, and I cannot read or write. Please give me money so I can afford school.

- Steve

 

[habo9]

I dunno , the guy has valid points

 

[biomech]

The ADA is flawed but it is something.
Take a look at this site www.aapd.com/ maybe it will help.
Good luck and welcome aboard.

 

[ChefChiTown]

Handicapped people have so much to contribute

 

[roronoa3000]

Hello, my name is Steve. I cannot afford to go to school, and I cannot read or write. Please give me money so I can afford school.

- Steve

Prostitution is always an opinion.

 

[Namreg]

Prostitution is always an opinion.

prostitution is an opinion... that's an interesting take on it.

 

[grower_boy]

Someone who poested an asshole is a sick sick fucker

 

[alexpnz]

 

[PirateKing]

Someone who poested an asshole is a sick sick fucker

welcome to freeones:wave:

 

[gunslingingbird]

Whether the story is really about the poster, or if it's a forward that he got in his inbox, it's a fucked up situation. The law definitely has loopholes, like it does everywhere else, when it comes to people with disabilities, and, as always, there are people who will take advantage of them to save a buck at the expense of less fortunate people.

 

[sporty_carr]

Hello, my name is Steve. I cannot afford to go to school, and I cannot read or write. Please give me money so I can afford school.

- Steve

Hello, Steve. I know a way you can make ten dollars. Meet me at my house in the basement. Be sure to bring a shovel, duct tape, and some rope.