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Originally Posted by Stu Bloom
"We have this debate with people in our organization all the time about whether or not they should display a handicap sticker," Kerr explained. "Younger users [see their disabilities disappear] when they get on the Segway; for the first time in their life, they aren't disabled; and they don't want to put a handicap sticker on their Segway to remind people."
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More individuals should pay closer attention to that quote. Not even specifically for the Segway, but for the way that all individuals are adapting technology in their differently-abled lives.
Everyone needs to understand that the Segway is not a one shot deal on a system shutdown or failure. There are several warnings in place for all types of situations you may come across that will allow the most non-able person to properly dismount. One of the greatest joys I have is taking my Segway home and allowing my 80+ year old Uncle go for glides after I strap his oxygen tank to the control shaft. He starts to glow like he's a kid again.