Glitteryboy getting a powerchair!

[glitteryb6]

Heard today that we got funding for the Snapdragon!

Excellent news!!!! How long will it take to get it?

ahh months, not before July at the earliest!

That's fantastic. My son is getting his snapdragon in about 8 weeks. I can't wait.

Dans inventing something to suit him!
He's thinking "tank controls" where ds will have his hands on horizontal bars that he will push/pull.
Tis very expensive, £22K+ but this includes development costs as ds is a bit of an unknown quantity!

im pretty sure they can do head switch control?

they have a control that lights scan round, forward/back/left/right/up/down etc then she would hit the switch when the lights in the right position IYKWIM

Yay! x

Fantastic news.. New bike & powerchair... they'll be no stopping him!

Great! my dd2 has power chair even though she's a liability in it, it does give her some freedom (to mow people down!).

Riven - definately ask Whizzkidz, they are very experienced, we have one from them.

WOW, the snapdragon is a fantastic looking bit of kit. I hope your boy gets on with it and is soon annoyingly everywhere you least expected.

i am slightly worried that he will find it fun to run people over!

possibily, it will be a phase he will have to go through and come out the other side. I hear tales of a teen age lad ( I know his mother) who will merrily plough his way through a football crowd with his powerchair leading an even more VIP friend behind him. Yep, annoying but oh so very normal boy behaviour.

22k!!!? Blimey, it's either that or a sports car then! Brilliant news that you've got funding. What's the top speed??

about 4mph!

It'll never win at Monaco at that speed ! But great fun, all the same.

Not even if i put go faster stripes on it?

Well, maybe with low-profile tyres and a decent spoiler on the back....

dont give him ideas!

I'll send a helmet lol and some shin pads for yourself! Glad you've got it xx

think i'll need them! I'm also not hopeful about keeping my walls/doors intact!