[Chris_Elston]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

While past year's Q/A's do not apply to the current year, in 2010, a short student driver was denied a stool. http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=14863

There is discussion of the previous answer here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3639&highlight

I'd like to respond to this again, I am still alittle "sore" about this ruling. My student that year had a slow growth hormone according to his doctors. It's a medical condition he has, I am disappointed that FIRST did that to us. He drove anyway at Boilermaker in 2010.

You can see him salute at 0.01 seconds in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rub0kYVorOQ

This year, I may have the same driver. He is 4 feet tall and 16 years old and a sophomore in high school.

I learned that FIRST has a wheel chair ramp for the driver station after the 2010 year. It's a PAIN to bring it out...so this year, I can if I want make the field volunteers bring the wheel chair RAMP to the driver station for my short driver.

He would be ok standing on the "apple" box and it would not be necessary to bring the giant wheel chair ramp for him if they will allow it. I plan on talking with the head ref about this at our next event and see what we can work out with my drivers medical condition.

EDIT: Let me say, in 2010 we did not know of the condition I mentioned above, hence could not "ask" the question in the Q&A as a medical condition question, and it was going to be "tough" to convince anyone that an 8th grader was vertically challenged. This year in 2012, I think I have a good case, hopefully people are reasonable.