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From: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Paratransit
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Date: 25 Jun 91 15:38:27 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 MO> priority system for giving rides on our paratransit system. That is, they
 MO> don't look at requests and decide to give everybody who is going to the
 MO> doctor first priority. Imight lose out on a medical trip because somebody
 MO> decides they want to see their hair dresser half way accross town.

Well, the way I understand it, is that it is to furnish you
transportation where you want to go, and not where you need to go.
The theory is that "normal", for the lack of a better word, people
can get there, and so should handicapped people have the same
privelege to get there also.

               Walter

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