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Tag Archives: power wheelchair
From God to Linda McKeown–There’s a Trip
How do I know that God’s got my back? The first and biggest confirmation of this came about three years after I was diagnosed with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, which is a rare form of kidney damage that is caused by bad doctors … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Values, Spirituality, Power, disability, disability rights, power wheelchairs, advocacy, activism, God, Powerlessness, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, physician, Onondaga County, Transportation
Tagged lithium, power, God, paratransit, powerlessness, Centro, Call-a-Bus, transportation, FTA, Office of Civil Rights, power wheelchair, Federal Transit Administration, citizen, complaints, Linda McKeown, OCR, CAB, Bus, Jenifer Rich, Peter Cahan
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On Being Loaded
As a society we maintain a fiction that electric wheelchairs enable people with disabilities to be independent. The fact is that people with disabilities no longer have anyone upon whom they can depend to push their wheelchairs; that’s why we … Continue reading
Posted in Government Services, Values, Power, disability, disability rights, power wheelchairs, advocacy, activism, Powerlessness, Housing, Poverty, Medicaid, Onondaga County
Tagged family, power, disability, Catholic Church, Christopher Community, St. David's Court, service, segregation, Centro, Call-a-Bus, Medicaid transportation, ARISE, power wheelchair, HUD-subsidized housing, Kathy Hart, East Syracuse, Linda McKeown, Beata Karpinska, PTAC Syracuse, Public Transportation Advisory Committee Syracuse
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Sunday Morning
I went to church this morning. It was my third time in attendance at a church where the chairs are all set up in advance without leaving a place for a wheelchair, so I sat with my chair backed up … Continue reading
Posted in disability, God, power wheelchairs, Spirituality
Tagged church, disability, God, power wheelchair
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My Reaction to the Police Response to the Incident
The incident took place on Sunday night. The following day was Memorial Day and the temperature was 92 degrees, so I stayed in my air conditioning and did not follow up on either the incident or the police inaction. On … Continue reading
Posted in activism, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Housing, Mental Illness & Health, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness
Tagged Arrest, assault, citizen's complaint, Crime, disability, disability rights, Harassment, HUD, Internal Affairs, Matthew Malinkowski, Office of Professional Standards, police, Police officer, poverty, power, power wheelchair, SPD, Syracuse, Syracuse Police Dept., Wheelchair
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Fixing What’s Broken
Good morning, peeps. Here’s the news for today: I just saved you $155 with Medicare/Medicaid, and my open letter to Centro bus company did some good. But first, the weather: it’s gorgeous. The Broken Prong Story I have a power … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs
Tagged Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, Medicaid, Medicare, paratransit, power wheelchair, Wheelchair
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What’s up with the Syracuse Police?
The last time I went to the St. Patrick’s Day parade in my electric wheelchair, I couldn’t find a place to sit so I was quietly wheeling along the parade route. A Syracuse cop challenged me. He ordered me to … Continue reading
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Tagged Chief Fowler, cop, disability, disability rights, Irish, military, parade, power, power wheelchair, problem solving, respect, Saint Patrick's Day, SPD, Syracuse, Syracuse Police Dept., values, Wheelchair
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Wheelchair Etiquette: A Nod and a Smile
Tonight I saw an absolutely splendid performance of “Les Miserables” at the Civic Center. It was marred by an usher who was absolutely clueless—not to mention stupid and insensitive—as to how to relate to someone in a wheelchair, so let’s … Continue reading
Out of Control
Do you know what it’s like not to have any control over your life? Come over here and follow me in my wheelchair. Several years ago I attended a church where the pastor told me that he understood that people … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness
Tagged Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, control, disability, disability rights, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, power wheelchair, Wheelchair
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“It Never Gets Any Easier, Does It?”
I wake up in the morning and there it is, reverberating around the inside of my skull: “It never gets any easier, does it?” The words spoken to me yesterday by a man with a big Labrador dog lying across … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, Depression, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Medicaid, Medicare, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Values
Tagged accessible, activism, blind, blindness, Conditions and Diseases, disability, disability rights, Disabled, handicapped accessible, HSBC, HSBC Bank, HUD, Learning disability, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medicare, politicians, poverty, power wheelchair, values, Wheelchair
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How to Act Like an American (Part V)
(Continued from July 24) So now we have Centro Executive Director Frank Kobliski and his special assistant, Betty Petri, working on fixing Call-a-Bus (CAB), while Manager Linda McKeown continues to run the day to day operation—which isn’t going all that well. Every time I … Continue reading
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Tagged American, Betty Petrie, Bus, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Centro, citizen, citizenship, CNYRTA, David Knight, disability, disability rights, electric wheelchair, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Governance, Linda McKeown, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, power wheelchair, problem solving, Wheelchair
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