Re: (marion) right to travel without paying extra!

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regarding your post scriptum, shown below: (my comments follow)

Love to you all,

n, whose weight is about the same as my old tested I.Q. M.~

P.S. When I use the county Para-transit buses, and use my wheel

chair, if my in-home support person were to accompany me, she

would not, for example, be charged! M.~

i wonder if your local transit authority (para-transit buses) has already built

into their pricing the cost of a companion taking a seat or even offering this

type of service to residents, whether or not someone uses a companion? (cost of

doing <a para-transit type of> business.)

diva

>

> Of course, you are correct, and I did not intend to be desciminatory

> about the person who is grossly overweight (very); I just think that

> the morbidly obese ought to be included in the Americans With

> Disabilities Act, and that they should not have to pay for two or

> three seats. We all n eed to really stop and think about what a

> " disability " really means--all of us. I think of my friend who has severe

> rheumatoid arthritis and has gained weight solely because she can

> not move, cannot exercise, and uses a large power cart, as she must.

>

> I apologize to each and to all of you if I did not word my post to include

> the morbidly obese as well. We must get that Act changed!

>

> http://www.ada.gov/

>

> Love to you all,

> n, whose weight is about the same as my old tested I.Q. M.~

> P.S. When I use the county Para-transit buses, and use my wheel

> chair, if my in-home support person were to accompany me, she

> would not, for example, be charged! M.~

>

>

>

>

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>

> To: MSersLife

> Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 8:14:27 AM

> Subject: Re: Re: (reb_41se) Man removed from US Airways jet for being

> " too disabled to fly "

>

>

> I have thought about this and I agree with Diva that there must be some amount

> of personal responsibility for assistance. Of course all disabled persons

have

> as much of a right to fly as abled persons. But when does it become the

> responsibility of others to take care of us? To move us, to help us to the

> toilet and even to assist us in the toilet? If I needed that sort of

assistance

> I would not fly unless I was able to have someone with me to assist me. Not

to

> mention the safety factor. In an emergency, the flight staff have others

things

> to do besides take care of one individual.

>

>

> n, I have to disagree with you on the person who weighs " 800 pounds " not

> being as disabled as a paralyzed person. Perhaps I misunderstood your

> comment. My thoughts are that a person who is grossly overweight is disabled

> just as much a person who is paralyzed from a self-caused accident. So if we

> are going to make a difference in the obese person from a paralyzed person we

> better be asking how the paralyzed person got that way.

>

>

> Interesting topic!

>

> hugs

>

>

> Sharon

> This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling

and

> grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be

> considered flaws or defects.

>

>

>

>

>

>

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>

[Guest guest]

No, they did not anticipate how many would be using it --even without attendants!Love,n, who, nonetheless, has paid a fortune in taxes to thiscounty before I retired, and whose husband, and children have doneso as well. . . .To: MSersLife Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 7:36:39 PMSubject: Re: (marion) right to travel without paying extra!

regarding your post scriptum, shown below: (my comments follow)

Love to you all,

n, whose weight is about the same as my old tested I.Q. M.~

P.S. When I use the county Para-transit buses, and use my wheel

chair, if my in-home support person were to accompany me, she

would not, for example, be charged! M.~

i wonder if your local transit authority (para-transit buses) has already built into their pricing the cost of a companion taking a seat or even offering this type of service to residents, whether or not someone uses a companion? (cost of doing <a para-transit type of> business.)

diva

>

> Of course, you are correct, and I did not intend to be desciminatory

> about the person who is grossly overweight (very); I just think that

> the morbidly obese ought to be included in the Americans With

> Disabilities Act, and that they should not have to pay for two or

> three seats. We all n eed to really stop and think about what a

> "disability" really means--all of us. I think of my friend who has severe

> rheumatoid arthritis and has gained weight solely because she can

> not move, cannot exercise, and uses a large power cart, as she must.

>

> I apologize to each and to all of you if I did not word my post to include

> the morbidly obese as well. We must get that Act changed!

>

> http://www.ada.gov/

>

> Love to you all,

> n, whose weight is about the same as my old tested I.Q. M.~

> P.S. When I use the county Para-transit buses, and use my wheel

> chair, if my in-home support person were to accompany me, she

> would not, for example, be charged! M.~

>

>

>

>

> ________________________________

>

> To: MSersLife

> Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 8:14:27 AM

> Subject: Re: Re: (reb_41se) Man removed from US Airways jet for being

> "too disabled to fly"

>

>

> I have thought about this and I agree with Diva that there must be some amount

> of personal responsibility for assistance. Of course all disabled persons have

> as much of a right to fly as abled persons. But when does it become the

> responsibility of others to take care of us? To move us, to help us to the

> toilet and even to assist us in the toilet? If I needed that sort of assistance

> I would not fly unless I was able to have someone with me to assist me. Not to

> mention the safety factor. In an emergency, the flight staff have others things

> to do besides take care of one individual.

>

>

> n, I have to disagree with you on the person who weighs "800 pounds" not

> being as disabled as a paralyzed person. Perhaps I misunderstood your

> comment. My thoughts are that a person who is grossly overweight is disabled

> just as much a person who is paralyzed from a self-caused accident. So if we

> are going to make a difference in the obese person from a paralyzed person we

> better be asking how the paralyzed person got that way.

>

>

> Interesting topic!

>

> hugs

>

>

> Sharon

> This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and

> grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and in no way are to be

> considered flaws or defects.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ________________________________

>