A relative of mine who is disabled used to take public trans****tation
for the disabled. That's where they pick you up at your door and take
you to your destination - in this case to her doctors appointments.
Do you know they sent her a notice in the mail saying that it was
determined that she could take regular public trans****tation and that
she was no longer eligible for the disabled trans****tation access!
They determined that she could use her manual wheelchair and wheel
herself the 3 blocks to the nearest bus stop. Nevermind that there
would be a hill that she would have to wheel herself up and down to get
to and from the bus stop! She was told that their decision was final
and that there was nothing she could do about it.
Well I found out some interesting things. First of all public
trans****tation has to adhere to rules for trans****ting the disabled - I
guess that's probably why they get so much public/state related
funding.
So what I did was sit down and write out a carefully detailed letter
outlining why their *****sment was wrong and I gave the reasons why.
Then I mailed the letter to them. One month later I called to find out
about the letter. They told me that they hadn't received it! So I
faxed a copy of it to them that day which was a Thursday. Monday I
called them and they acknowledged the letter right away without me even
getting a chance to identify myself or to whom the letter was about.
They informed me that while the appeal process was taking place the
person would be able to take the specialized trans****tation for the
disabled.
Sometimes you just have to fight!
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