DH volunteers at a PHAB (physically handicapped & able bodied) club, one evening a week.
There is a young woman there who is in a wheel chair and was telling DH that she needs to get a new RGK sports wheelchair as she has outgrown her old one (which whizzkids funded when she was 14) as she is now 24.
However she said that these wheelchairs are very expensive and she wouldn't be able to afford one for a long time.
DH told me about this, so I thought I would post to see if anyone had any ideas about any grants or funding she may be able to apply for or if there were any suppliers that were significantly cheaper than others.
She is very into her sports and it seems so unfair that something that she needs because of her disability is out of her reach because of the expensive, although this seems to be the case for all things special needs (£400 for a special needs car seat anyone).
Any help or suggestions would be gratefully recieved and passed on to the young woman in question.
Thanks in advance.
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Graciefer · 14/04/2008 15:09
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