tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018665389895537175.post5688946185062364635..comments2023-09-28T03:45:18.596-04:00Comments on eSpecially Ben: Gadgets & Gizmos - Part 6: Landeez ChairVMIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05077362824370880824noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018665389895537175.post-41714703229760209352010-08-04T01:01:25.703-04:002010-08-04T01:01:25.703-04:00We live in Oregon and often go to the beach since ...We live in Oregon and often go to the beach since we live about 90 minutes away from the ocean. Thank you for sharing this post and giving your opinion about the sand/beach wheelchairs that Ben got to use to be able to get out on the beach with your family. At one point in time one or two small Oregon coastal towns on the beach received donations of a few sand wheelchairs for people who could not otherwise go on the beach. I have tried for the last couple of years to find an Oregon beach town that still allows guests to use these chairs but have been told that the donated wheelchairs have broke and were not ever repaired. Sad, because there is such a need for these types of wonderful gizmos that allow a family to walk on the beach together and a child to get down close to the ocean instead of sitting in his wheelchair on the sidewalk parking lot just looking at the beach and the ocean from a distance. I really believe that if these coastal towns (that rent other kinds of beach/sand bikes) would also rent these sand/beach wheelchairs, there would be a market for them. One business owner on the Oregon coast who I was told had a sand wheelchair for patrons to use at no charge (who I recently called) told me that they don't have it anymore. They also said that I was the 10th person who had called that day about the sand wheelchair. Maybe it's time to write some letters and advocate...? Hmmmmm....I just may do that on behalf of Ben and Matthew and many, many other kids and people in this world. <br /><br />Again, thanks for sharing the great pictures of Ben at the beach. How fun.Sandie-Matthew's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713990436763822654noreply@blogger.com