#202324 - 06/10/12 03:58 PM
NO Law Help for Off-Loading Wheelchairs from Van
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Overc0mer
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Registered: 11/01/09
Posts: 7
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[b][/b]Dear Friends: FYI - We are now utilizing a better petition platform. We can't let the old (We the People/White House) petition barriers stop our efforts. We are going forward--lessons learned--full steam ahead!
Are you aware that no law exists in America to protect people with disabilities, who need parking accommodations for offloading wheelchairs from vans?
The law however, does provide that anyone having Handicapped licensing can park in a Van Accessible space (and of course, they do).
We have prepared a petition to the White House requesting an Executive Order--Establishing Development and Implementation of Handicapped Parking Regulations Protecting People with Disabilities, needing to Off-Load Wheelchairs from Vans.
Our goal is to obtain 25,000 signatures from people to be counted as citizens concerned about this issue. Because the flawed system effects people with disabilities nationwide, we anticipate gaining support from residents all over the USA,
Everyone in a wheelchair, who needs parking access for medical facilities, employment, schools, church, shopping, etc., should add their name to this groundbreaking petition, so that their need for parking accessibility will finally get the attention it deserves.
Won't you help us reach these goals?
1. Launch a nationwide petition campaign spread by word-of-mouth, news media, agencies, Email, mail, groups, and forums. Tell us how you will help!
2. An average of 500 people from each of the 50 states, signing to show their support
3. Obtain a minimum of 25,000 signatures before delivery to the White House
4. No longer will the parking needs of people who must off-load wheelchairs from vans, be disregarded
Please don't put it off! SIGN this Petition to the White House NOW:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/people-needing-to-off-load-wheelchairs-from-vans/
http://aaehpa.org/
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#202561 - 06/26/12 11:26 PM
Re: NO Law Help for Off-Loading Wheelchairs from Van
[Re: Overc0mer]
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Paul I
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Registered: 02/24/00
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Don't get it. Van Accessible doesn't mean only vans.
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"...only the shadow knows"
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#202731 - 07/18/12 07:40 AM
Re: NO Law Help for Off-Loading Wheelchairs from Van
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kimberleyb
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Registered: 06/24/00
Posts: 4386
Loc: cripworld
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AGAIN?? Seriously? UGH
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#202732 - 07/18/12 07:43 AM
Re: NO Law Help for Off-Loading Wheelchairs from Van
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kimberleyb
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Registered: 06/24/00
Posts: 4386
Loc: cripworld
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als0 - Are, you planning..... to use accepted punctuation,,, and proper grammar, in, your petition so its not ignored as more,,, un-thought out single.,use save thecripples rules?
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#202742 - 07/22/12 10:32 PM
Re: NO Law Help for Off-Loading Wheelchairs from Van
[Re: kimberleyb]
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aetnahell
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Registered: 07/22/12
Posts: 6
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Please sign my petition to tell AETNA: STOP denying the disabled, sick, and those with genetic disorders the specialized wheelchairs they so desperately need: http://signon.org/sign/aetna-wheelchair-fraud. Please post this petition on your Facebook to spread the message so people know the truth about AETNA!
My AETNA wheelchair nightmare began in 2011, when a rare genetic disorder caused my hips, along with my other joints, to dislocate, creating inoperable tears. Since surgery on me is impossible, several top surgeons in the country from the Hospital for Special Surgery and Mt. Sinai prescribed me a wheelchair--a totally devastating reality for a 32 year old. Even though numerous prescriptions and letters from these top surgeons were sent to AETNA for my specialized wheelchair, AETNA has denied me my wheelchair for six months, and repeatedly engaged in recorded cases of insurance fraud to prevent me from obtaining the wheelchair ordered for me by the Wheelchair Clinic at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Since I am unable to ambulate without a wheelchair, AETNA's illegal persistence in denying me the wheelchair to which I am entitled under my plan and the law has significantly impacted my daily functioning, and sadly led to subsequent unnecessary physical damage, for which I will now need to undergo surgery. The physical, emotional, and mental toll from this insurance nightmare has made my life unbearable.
Sadly, my wheelchair nightmare with AETNA is not unique. My surgical and wheelchair team at HSS said that AETNA is by far the worst insurance company for the disabled and sick who need wheelchairs. On average, it takes at least six months with AETNA--if one is lucky enough--to get the wheelchair they require, because AETNA tries every trick in the book to stall and deny the sick and disabled essential durable medical equipment. Needing a wheelchair at such a young age is hard enough, but AETNA's discrimination against the disabled and those with genetic disorders, combined with insurance fraud, adds major insult to injury.
Even though most of you reading this are not disabled, I too never thought I would be disabled and need a wheelchair. Unfortunately, this horrific ordeal can happen to anyone--and often does, especially with AETNA.
I am starting this petition to make as many people as possible aware of AETNA's practices towards the disabled, especially with regard to denying wheelchairs to those who need them the most.
I will also be filing a complaint about this with the New York Bureau of Insurance, and taking legal action. Thanks to my media contacts, I will also be sharing my AETNA-wheelchair- nightmare on the radio on NPR and in print soon with the NYTimes. Thank you so much for your signatures and support--it means the world!
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#202770 - 07/28/12 12:49 PM
Re: NO Law Help for Off-Loading Wheelchairs from Van
[Re: aetnahell]
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kimberleyb
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Registered: 06/24/00
Posts: 4386
Loc: cripworld
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a totally devastating reality for a 32 year old. - The physical, emotional, and mental toll from this insurance nightmare has made my life unbearable.
Even though most of you reading this are not disabled, I too never thought I would be disabled and need a wheelchair. Unfortunately, this horrific ordeal can happen to anyone--and often does, especially with AETNA.
I am starting this petition to make as many people as possible aware of AETNA's practices towards the disabled, especially with regard to denying wheelchairs to those who need them the most.
I will also be filing a complaint about this with the New York Bureau of Insurance, and taking legal action. Thanks to my media contacts, I will also be sharing my AETNA-wheelchair- nightmare on the radio on NPR and in print soon with the NYTimes. Thank you so much for your signatures and support--it means the world!
I don't even know where to start.. first of all MOST of us here ARE disabled, and if you were even remotely thinking about anyone or anything other than yourself, you would have taken the time to edit your ridiculous form letter so those you are asking for help from realize you actually do need help and not just more NYTimes coverage.. How's that working for you btw?
And FYI your whiny pity me for my horrible life now that I'm disabled is extremely insulting. Unbearable.. horrific.. devastating.. Way to get the support of those of us who have been living this life. I'm curious though, since you have so much to say about how AWFUL your lot in life is now, battling that mean old insurance company (for those disabled people who don't know what insurance is.. it's something able bodied people get to buy so they don't have to pay more money for things we have to pay 3 times the price for), are you involved in access or other activism for the disabled? Or is it only an issue now that it affects you personally?
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