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Name: Frank Lang
IBAN: DE89 4401 0046 0222 2354 64
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Institut: Postbank
Intended use: Family van support
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The wheelchair gets bigger, the car doesn’t!
A new car. Of course, says the reader, who couldn’t use one? I can understand that, but the world looks a little different for a severely disabled person. The »big car« is not a status symbol, but an essential means of transportation. Why is that? I’ll explain in a few words.
Unfortunately, public transportation is still not accessible. Long-distance and regional transport is obviously not accessible without steps, which means that wheelchair users can only use it with assistance and with severe restrictions. But even local transport is often not accessible without steps and especially without gaps. Some wheelchairs have small wheels that fit into the gap between the waggon and the platform.
Well, the »handicapped« get everything for free anyway. No, unfortunately not. On the contrary, many severely disabled people have to fight again and again for adequate care. Now the inclined reader might say that the state offers me a way to get to work, for example. Maybe through a wheelchair taxi service or something like that.
Yes, there is health insurance in Germany that covers the cost of most treatments. So the severely disabled person does not start their new life in a wheelchair with a mountain of debt. However, this does not mean that all subsequent costs are covered in Germany (alterations to the home, car or workplace). This is not the case!
I am a family man with three children. An aspect that is not taken into account at all. That’s free time and my personal problem that I can’t drive my kids to sports or birthday parties.
Another reason I try to finance a car in an alternative way is that used cars are not subsidized. This makes no sense in terms of sustainability, as modern vehicles can be driven for well over 100,000 km (62,137 miles). That’s why I’m also trying to finance a used car, especially considering the fact that vehicles that fit an electric wheelchair quickly become exorbitantly more expensive than, say, a large station wagon.
This is where YOU comes in. I ask you to support my project. As the saying goes? Every Penny and Cent counts!
Donation account:
Name: Frank Lang
IBAN: DE89 4401 0046 0222 2354 64
BIC: PBNKDEFFXXX
Institut: Postbank
Intended use: Family van support
or simply donate via PayPal.
or simply donate via BitCoin.
bitcoin:146DCqCJtJui5DzNBRxJiguaMRAU23BeiE
Please note that no donation receipts can be issued.
We estimate that a used family van, including handicapped accessible modifications, will cost around 80,000 Euros.
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