[Blind-rollers] On driving lessons, was, RE: hello.

[Dan]

Hello,
Thanks for sharing your experiences with everyone.
I like a center-wheel drive because of the stability. I have a Jassy  
610 and I love it.
Dan
On Jul 27, 2007, at 6:29 AM, Petra van Driel wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When I decided to function more independently, the only thing that  
> could
> work for me in onfamiliar places was a guidedog. And because I love  
> to have
> a dog, that just was something to look forward to. I tried to use a  
> thing
> that in dutch is called a rollator. I don't know if their is an other
> english word for a kind of walker on wheels. But I didn't learn  
> routes by
> than and got so tired of walking we decided on a scootmobile. But a
> powerchair seemed to work better, because it has nothing infront of  
> you,
> where the other thing had a little steering thing infront and the  
> third
> wheel. I learned how to drive hand in hand with my boyfriend. And  
> after the
> dog came we chased each other in the big hall of our apartement. When
> searching for a good manual chair compair the weights of different  
> types.
> And trie to read about it on the web. I'll fill in the gaps of my  
> english
> some more and than translate my dutch webpages on wheelchairguiding  
> and
> wheelchair use for vips. (vips, visual impaired persons)
>
> Not just the camber was an important detail when getting this  
> wheelchair,
> for me the small reerweals are placed a little infront of my feet.  
> So I can
> never axidently hurt my feet, can put the chair in the right way  
> for taking
> curbes and the biggest advantage, I can't tip over that way. The  
> day this
> chair came, again, whe started out using hand in hand, and when I  
> could
> drive, Beau was happy to work with it.
>
> Best regards Petra
>
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