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Due to a rather picturesque range of neurological ailments, not to forget the increasing effects of advancing age, I have become sort of less mobile than I used to be. Where I used to be able to effortlessly walk for hours and hours, I now move slowly at a snails pace, for a maximum of one hour, leaning on either a cane or a crutch - depending on how I happen to function that day. Yet I won’t complain: there’s nothing I truly lack in this life, and diminished mobility doesn’t usually bother me.

However, for the somewhat longer distances I presently employ a mobility scooter, which definitely makes me feel like a prince or even a sultan! Relaxedly sitting in a cusioned seat, pleasantly but never arrogantly saluting the admiring passers-by, I zip along at either walking pace or double speed. When I feel relaxed I “walk”, when I really need to be somewhere in time I rev up the little machine.

There are many people much worse off than me, when it comes to mobility. I can, albeit with difficulty, still walk - but a lot of others can’t. Especially for them the electric scooter is a great help, enabling them to be mobile again. There are 3-wheel mobility scooters and 4-wheel mobility scooters, and if you’re seriously considering buying such a machine, I certainly recommend the 3-wheeled version. They tend to be considerably more manoeuvrable on account of their smaller turning radius, which is a definite advantage in crowded or cramped places. I also would advice you to go for batteries with a lot of capacity: it’s not only unpleasant but also extremely embarassing to find yourself without of power when far away from home!

Apart from mobility scooters, there are many more contraptions and inventions that make the life of the disabled much more pleasant. Stairlifts, bed lifts, electric wheelchairs, walkers… they all serve to make life much more pleasant for the disabled.

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