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From: Diana.Dawne@f432.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Diana Dawne)
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Subject: Re: paratransit
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Date: 28 Jun 91 14:45:46 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Willie, I pretty much agree about using special transportation but the
question here shouldn't be if you are capable of riding a bus or not.
The question is are you qualified as a disabled person.  I would like to
see you take this one to the matt.  If I were in your area, I'd do it
but again I think the question here is one of entitlement.  Once that
was settled, then I should think you would choose to decide on each
situation.  I couldn't fake a problem i didn't have either but to be
really honest with you, I have to wonder about using it even for medical
appointments.  True enough, sometimes you can feel just sick enough not
to be able to use the bus, but sick enough to need special assistance.
But if you have a full-blown medical problem, I think that should be
handled by special medical transportation where the employees are
trained to handle an emergency.
 * EZ 1.30 *

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