Wheelchair Vehicles

The international symbol for access (disability access) shows a white wheelchair on blue background. It‘s used to symbolize disability access, such as disability accessible parking spaces, parking permissions for those spaces, accessible transport vehicles, accessible bathrooms, buttons for automatic doors etc. It is also sometimes used to symbolize people with disabilities.

I’m interested in your opinions about this symbol and how it represents disabilities and disability access.

Do you feel that this symbol is a good symbol for disability access?

Do you feel that this symbol represents access for people with all kinds of disabilities or only for wheelchair users?

Do you think it‘s clear who the disability access is intended for or do you feel that the symbol may be misunderstood sometimes?

Do you think that the symbol affects people‘s awareness or ideas about various types of disabilities?

Do you think some other symbol would be better to represent all people with disabilities?

Motorized wheelchairs?
in wisconsin,,,, can motorized wheelchairs use streets and roads like motorized scooters,,,,

WISCONSIN BICYCLE LAWS,,, The bicycle is defined as a vehicle. [340.01(5)] The operator of a vehicle is granted the same rights and subject to the same duties as a driver of any other vehicle [346.02(4)(a)]

so do motorized wheelchairs fall under bikes too,,,, or must we stay on those uneven,bumpy, craked sidewalks ?

Hello!

I live in the state of New Jersey and I recently had a car accident. I would like an advice from people who had a similar problem or perhaps would know what to do regarding the following matter.

Facts:

Accident occurred on: Dec 10, 2010
Speed limit: Residential area, 25 mph
Vehicle 1 (my car): Ford Focus 2004
Vehicle 2 (the lady’s car): Mercedes Benz 1993
Total cost of vehicle 2’s damages: Almost 2 thousand dollars

I am 22 years old and I just got my license approximately six months ago. The accident occurred after dropping off my parents home, I was going to turn left and made my left signal but somehow I didn’t noticed the car behind me and there was not stop sign. So the lady (the car behind me) hit my front door (close where the fender is) and called the Police saying that it was my fault for not looking or paying attention before turning left. Lucky, nobody was injured, and both cars damaged were nothing serious either, (probably the more affected vehicle was mine).

The police came and gave me two options; 1: To give me a ticket and file a police report 2: To talk to this lady and solve this problem ourselves. For some reason this lady didn’t want to file a police report and deal with the insurance company, so she said she will take her car to the mechanic (her husband is a mechanic) and she will let me know the cost of her damages.

The following day Dec 11, the lady called me letting me know the total cost of the damages, I was really surprised, she said that she would need to replace her bumper for an original one since it was really hard to find one that will match, plus it was really expensive to have somebody do the job.
To make the story short, I finally agreed with this lady to pay her 0 cash, at first she asked me for 0 more but I told her I couldn’t pay her more, so my dad wrote her a check and paid her the amount of 0. A week after she cashed the check, the lady called my house telling me that she needs more money since it is expensive to repair her car, she keeps harassing me, telling me that she will call the police and the insurance company. I really don’t know what to do.

Note 1: I didn’t want to file a police report or call the insurance since the car is not insurance under my name yet and I don’t want to get this friend of mine into problems or her insurance to rise up. My questions are: could she file a police report after almost two weeks of the accident? Could she still call the insurance? How about the 0 that i paid her but now she is asking for more?

Also, I do not think this is necessary to mention but I am a handicap person (I use a wheelchair) and I also have handicap plate cards.
Thanks Monika B for your reply! Here is a draw of the accident so you can have a close idea of what happened:

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Under section 19 permit a UK driver with a B on their licence can drive a minibus up to 3.5 tonnes or 4.25 tonnes if adapted for disabled use . The three quarters of a tonne means the difference between a 15 seater max and a 17 seater max (including driver). The minimum adaption appears to be a simple ramp for disable use. Is this a loophole or do we need to demonstrate that the vehicle has been fully adapted to allow wheelchair inclusion with strapdown?
The 3.5 tonne/4.25 tonnes are ‘mass’ weights made up of the weight of the vehicle and the theoretical weigth of the passengers taken as approx 75kg each which includes some luggage. Not yet sure what the theoretic weight of a wheelchair(s) is though. Battery versions can be very heavy. I think there is a VOSA pre registration inpection (PRI) once the minbus has been built/adapted and I assume they would work on the weight of the original doner vehicle but the doner vehicle may not have been a mini bus. I’ll try someone at VOSA as the web sites are confusing to say the least. I have a feeling the details of weight, etc. would go on the registration details/log book via the VOSA inspection/approval so if this said adapted for wheelchair and weighing 4250 mass this should enable a B licence holder to drive it on section 22 permit.

Hi i have been having weird sleep patterns lately sometimes i sleep for like 15-39+ hours then i will be awake for 20-50+ hours whats going on with me i do everything normally i eat normally i go to school my mom doesn’t want me to take sleeping pills when i cant sleep and i cant see the Doctor that often because my mom works alot like 15 hours a day sometimes more and i am in a wheelchair so i have to use a wheelchair vehicle and i am only 15 i do live in canada but my sleeping’s affecting my life help me
i dont drink coffie or pop i dont eat junk food i have been treated for angsiaty disorder and the sleep thing is new like 3 weeks old

I am trying to find a vehicle that will seat 7-8 people comfortably. I also have to haul a small wheelchair. I have been considering the Toyota Sienna due to the mobility package. The price seems very high for a minivan. I was just wondering if it was worth the money? If anyone had any ideas for something else that may work.

just trying to find out before i shop for a new car as to what vehicles i may use in a conversion process to disabled vehicle.

I have tried so hard to find this answer…what is the movie about a boy that has memory loss after his mother dies of a motor vehicle accident…he lives in a orphanage or a mental institution and he meets a girl there and they fall in love and as the movie goes on he starts to remember things about his past….he has friends there and they have a like hang out place in an attic or something and they are not supposed to be up there and they kid in the wheelchair gets hurt or something but, at the end of the move after he remembers what happened to his mom they move him to a new place and the last scene of the move is of the girlfriend coming to see him and knocks on the door of his new room and he incites her and he remembers who she is after all he has been through

in wisconsin,,,, can motorized wheelchairs use streets and roads like motorized scooters,,,,

WISCONSIN BICYCLE LAWS,,, The bicycle is defined as a vehicle. [340.01(5)] The operator of a vehicle is granted the same rights and subject to the same duties as a driver of any other vehicle [346.02(4)(a)]

so do motorized wheelchairs fall under bikes too,,,, or must we stay on those uneven,bumpy, craked sidewalks ?

A friend of mine who was severely injured in a car accident (his vehicle was slammed into, by a drunk driver who was trying to send a TEXT MESSAGE, while driving!) is now confined to a wheelchair (hopefully, not for the rest of his life) and needs to have a job that he can do from his home computer, which I understand is called "TELECOMMUTING."

He’s never done this kind of work before, but I understand that AT&T (for example) employs 7,000 people nationwide, who stay at home and do their work assignments by computer, without having to do any traveling, at all. That sounds like the ideal situation for my friend, and for others, too, considering that in the USA, gasoline prices are now over /gallon.

Anyway, I’d like any links that you know about, that offer legitimate employment to someone seeking that kind of work. I’d be grateful for whatever information you could share with me, regarding this, and I thank you (in advance, on behalf of my friend) for your assistance.

On November 4, 1979, as part of the so called "Iranian Revolution", which was really a pleasant name for a radical and barbaric Islamic revolution, 52 Americans were taken hostage for 444 days.The world watched as a poorly equipped American special forces team got stuck in a sandstorm and 8 U.S. soldiers were killed, leading to the mission to be aborted. This disaster wouldn’t have happened if Carter had supported the pro-American, pro-western, and progressive (yes, the Shah did more for the abolition of illiteracy in Iran, the poor, and women than any of the idiots who followed him did) instead of turning a blind eye to the tension that was rising in Iran due to the Ayatollah’s influence. It is now coming out from many sources that Jimmy Carter asked the Soviet KGB for help to defeat Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election. Anyway, the Shah was gone, the crazies took control of the country. Soon after, Americans and other westerners alike were targeted, kidnapped, and often killed around the Middle East.

In April of 1983 a large vehicle packed with high explosives was driven into the U.S. Embassy compound in Beirut by terrorists backed by the Iranians. When it explodes, it kills 63 people. The alarm clock was ringing, but the U.S. fell back asleep.

Then just six short months later in 1983 a large truck heavily laden down with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and 241 US servicemen are killed. Once again, the attackers are linked beyond a doubt to the Iranian regime. The alarm clock rang even louder, but the U.S. fell back asleep.

Soon the terrorism spreads to Europe . In April 1985 a bomb explodes in a restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.

Then in August 1985 a Volkswagen loaded with explosives is driven into the main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rheine-Main, 22 are killed and the snooze alarm is buzzing louder and louder as US interests are continually attacked.

Fifty-nine days later in 1985 a cruise ship, the Achille Lauro is hijacked and a handicapped American man on a wheelchair is singled-out and executed.

The terrorists then shift their tactics to bombing civilian airliners when they bomb TWA Flight 840 in April of 1986 that killed 4 and the most tragic bombing, Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie , Scotland in 1988, killing 259. This attack was linked directly to the Libyan and Iranian governments.

The attacks did not stop there, but this list could go on forever.
Putting the Shah into power was the right thing to do in the 1950’s. The Soviet Union desired to gain control of Iran’s vast oil fields and they were getting closer to that goal. Had they done so, it would have been a world crisis.

Is it possible to put suicide doors on a 2007 Nissan Sentra? I am looking to get my first vehicle, but being in a wheelchair I would like to have suicide doors. The 2007 Sentra is my first choice of vehicle. So, if it is possible, how? Do I just ask the dealership to put them on, or do they have to custom make the car like that? Any help would be great! Thanks.

Hello. I am a 22 year old woman who has been living with a combination of Fibromyalgia and Multiple Sclerosis. Over the past year, my physical limitations have been greatly increasing. I am now home bound unless someone with a vehicle that I can fit my large, heavy wheelchair in, comes to pick me up. I am still capable of driving, but I am unable to walk for much distance at all and I am incapable of lifting my wheelchair into the trunk as it weighs around 50 lbs. With my current limitations and lack of insurance, I am unable to afford a new wheelchair myself. I really need to raise funds for a new chair but my friends and family are not in a good financial situation, so I am finally ready to reach out to strangers for help. What can I do to raise these funds? I found a chair that only costs 0 and seems to be exactly what I am looking for, but I need to come up with the funds as quickly as possible so that someone else doesn’t get it. Thank you for taking the time to read this. God bless.

i really need help on this , i suck at summarizing and i need to do this research paper . so please help.

Prominent Igbo (Ibo) writer, famous for his novels describing the effects of Western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe’s satire and his keen ear for spoken language have made him one of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. In 1990 Achebe was paralyzed from the waist down in a serious car accident.Chinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, the son of a teacher in a missionary school. His parents, though they installed in him many of the values of their traditional Igbo culture, were devout evangelical Protestants and christened him Albert after Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. In 1944 Achebe attended Government College in Umuahia. Like other major Nigerian writers including Wole Soyinka, Elechi Amadi, John Okigbo, John Pepper Clark, and Cole Omotso, he was also educated at the University College of Ibadan, where he studied English, history and theology. At the university Achebe rejected his British name and took his indigenous name Chinua. In 1953 he graduated with a BA. Before joining the Nigerian Broadcasting Company in Lagos in 1954 he travelled in Africa and America, and worked for a short time as a teacher. In the 1960s he was the director of External Services in charge of the Voice of Nigeria. During the Nigerian Civil War (1967-70) Achebe was in the Biafran government service, and then taught at US and Nigerian universities. Achebe’s writings from this period reflect his deep personal disappointment with what Nigeria became since independence.

In 1967 Achebe cofounded a publishing company at Enugu with his friend, the poet Christopher Okigbo, who was killed during the Nigerian Civil War. Achebe was appointed research fellow at the University of Nigeria, and after serving as professor of English, he retired in 1981. Since 1985, Achebe has been a professor emeritus. From 1971 he has edited Okike, the leading journal of Nigerian new writing. He has also held the post of Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. There he met James Baldwin, also a faculty member, who was Professor of African studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council at Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu. In the1990s Acgebe was a faculty member at Bard College, a liberal arts school, where he has taught literature to undergraduates. An automobile accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in 1990 left Achebe confined to a wheelchair, permanently.

Achebe’s first novel, THINGS FALL APART, appeared in 1958. The story of a traditional village "big man" Okonkwo, and his downfall has been translated into some 50 languages. It was followed two year later by NO LONGER AT EASE, and ARROW OF GOD (1964), which concerned traditional Igbo life as it clashed with colonial powers in the form of missionaries and colonial government. Among Achebe’s later works is ANTHILLS OF THE SAVANNAH (1987), a polyvocal story with multiple narrators. Set in an imaginary West African state, its central character is Sam, a Sandhurst-trained military officer, who has become President. Chris Oriko and Ikem Osodi, his friends, die when resisting brutal abuse of power. A military coup eliminates Sam. Beatrice Okah – Chris’s London-educated girl friend – is entrusted with her community of women to return the political sanity.

Things Fall Apart (1958), an unsentimental novel, depicts the life of Okonkwo, ambitious and powerful leader of an Igbo community, who counts on physical strength and courage. Okonkwo’s life is good: his compound is large, he has no troubles with his wives, his garden grows yams, and he is respected by his fellow villagers. When Okonkwo accidentally kills a clansman, he is banished from the village for seven years. But the vehicle for his downfall is his blindness to circumstances and the missionary church, which brings with it the new authority of the British District Commissioner. The story is set in the 1890s, when missionaries and colonial government made its intrusion into Igbo society. In this process Okonkwo is destroyed, because his unwillingness to change set him apart from the community and he is fighting alone against colonialism. Achebe took the title of the book from William Butler Yates’s The Second Coming – "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."

PLEASE HELPP !

I am wheelchair bound. I can drive, but i MUST have a van with a lift installed on it. I have been using a small local guy for over 12 years. hes awesome, and has given me my freedom! now my problem. my current vehicle is on its last leg, literally breaks down all the time. i need a whole new one. the problem is my guy only deals with traditional full size vans which are not really being solid in todays economy. so in order to use him id have to find a used vehicle for him to install his lifts. the other option i have is to go to another group which has been trying to bully my guy out of business for years. but they have the newer equipment meant for the new vans. do i go old school again and stick with my guy who i owe my freedom, or do i move on?

So, im going to keep the story short, im having major anxiety issues, last 3 years, tough to leave the house, fear of nausea and panic attacks.

took Celexa for 4 mo’s , it literally did nothing for me….i felt the exact same…..the only thing that i noticed was i started to get minor insomnia…..

i quit taking that crap. it was 10 mg for 1.5 mo’s , then 20mg for 3 ish.

i was off meds for about last 3 months and im starting to get depressed and i’m lashing out at my dad constantly (he’s disabled and has a diseaes, multiple sclerosis), and yes of course, i definately see the error of my ways, it makes me cry at times because i yelled at him and he doesn’t deserve it.

anyways i hav more stress at the moment than any point in my life, i went from 3 years of not leaving the house and bad anxiety and nausea constantly, to moving to CA all of a sudden cuz my grama Ruby died, and now i have to clear this house out, sell it, road trip with my disabled father in 2 vehicles, buy a house in idaho, then finally get back to my own life and dreams (working for a year or 2 saving every single penny eanred (living with parent of course) and buying a vehicle, moving to mexico where i lived for 3 years.

so my life was horrible but i still had my dream, now even the dream is being put on hold for longer, because of all this extra responsibility, the worst part is….everything above mentioned, must be done by me and only me, no one else is here but my dad and he is in a wheelchair.

point is, i went to the DR today, and he perscribed me Paxil, i think 10mg for the first week and bumping it to 20mg so i can "be where i need to be at very quickly" says the DR. i guess he understands to some extent how much im going through (even though he didnt let me tell him everything, he was rushing it seemed)

so….i hear Paxil is the most sedating SSRI, which is awesome, because i didnt get a chance to tell him "i need something that sedates me enough to not have constant panic / nausea(thoughts?) but still enough to function…..work/school? i was thinking of a delivery job llike for pizza hut for a job. i could be alone most of my day and not have too much interactiopn except at doorways, which i could handle. is this stuff going to make me a zombie driver?

anyone know differences between celexa and paxil?? celexa didnt make me feel any different or anything at all….nothing. like it was a sugar pill or something. (minus the insomnia part)

We are an older couple who are in desperate need for help but we don’t qualify for TANF and we only qualify for in food stamps. We can’t feed a family of 5 people on only in food stamps. My husband is 100% permanently disabled, uses an electric wheelchair to get around and receives Social Security Retirement income on the 3rd of every month unless the 3rd falls on a Saturday or Sunday. My husband’s Social Security Retirement income is our only source of income. We are a family of 5 people with our 3 teenage children living at home. For the past 2 months our bank bounced every check that we mailed out on the 1st of every month from the post office to pay all of our bills then our bank took his entire Social Security Retirement Income for fees leaving our account more than 0 overdrawn according to our online bank statement. Because this is a major mistake by our bank I tried to call the bank to inform them of their mistake but was told that there is nothing then can do then rudely hung up on me. We are now going to lose everything we have worked our entire lives for. We have no cash, no food, were notified the other day that our only car will be repossessed in a few short weeks, our home is scheduled for foreclosure in a few short weeks, our homeowners insurance is scheduled to be cancelled, our car insurance is scheduled to be cancelled, our electricity is scheduled to be turned off, our water is scheduled to be turned off, and our home landline telephone is scheduled to be disconnected. If we lose our home and our only car, we do not have any relatives that we can stay with because they are all deceased and there are no homeless shelters in our area. Because we do not own a vehicle that can haul my husband’s electric wheelchair and he can’t walk well without it, we are not a member of a church. Because we are not members of any churches in our area, they are not willing to help us out and even then they all told us that they won’t help us out until we’ve paid tithing for a minimum of one year. There aren’t any Roman Catholic churches in our area, there isn’t a Salvation Army in our area, and there aren’t any organizations in our area that help anyone except themselves. (We’ve been searching for someone to help us from about 6 a.m. until about 2 a.m. the next morning for the past several days without any success.) We will be eternally grateful for an answer to our question from y’all and God Bless y’all.

Hi my name is Chuck. I am 45 and have been in a nursing home the past 4 years due to a broken hip that would not heal until now. I am a paraplegic in a wheelchair and I am looking for a vehicle. As you all know when you go into a nursing home they take everythig you have Insurance Policies, 401K, Savings, Checking and Social Security. Now that I am ready to move on and get on with the rest of my life the only thing keeping me here is that I do not have a Car. I have Prayed and Search the WEB with no results. If you know of an organization that may help or even donate a vehicle please dropme a e-mail. God Bless and have a Great and Fun Life.
Chuck

Currently live in apartment where the maintenance issues are handled by the owners. My hubby and I are a year out from having enough money to put a down payment on a home for purchase.

Pre-existing situation:
Hubby is 100% disabled, wheelchair dependent. He will go with me anywhere. We will purchase a motorized wheelchair/cart for him to get about. He can not drive a regular car; physically he is too limited for that and his meds make him dangerous from falling asleep.

Option OUT: Regular home in the suburbs. I’d have to maintain some degree of maintenance to suit city and/or hoa codes. Haven’t the energy nor finances to do so.

Option #1: Live in a condo/townhome. HOA fees would cover outside maintenance, landscaping, sometimes water & trash. Fees can be high (run over 0/month) We would be close to city amenities, doctors, entertainment, groceries, transportation.

Option #2: My heart is in the country. We both love the country. Would try to have land for beauty and to keep horses for therapy needs. Have experience with horses; not new issue. Plus is no hoa or restrictions of how property maintained. Would still have to hire someone to tractor the grass. Maintenance with country property does involve septic tank, animal control, maintaining fencing. Additional cementing of walkways would be needed so that hubby can get around on property. Further from doctors, but have reliable vehicle and good job.

Option #3: Go ahead and get the in-town housing, but also try and squeeze in some way of purchasing land to develop later. I’m 52 yrs old now, and expect to not retire until 67 yrs old or so. Hubby is 10 yrs younger than I, but his health issues (prior major stroke, he is a hemi-plegic) make him "older" to some degree.

Option #4: Have a friend who builds houses, I recently found out. Should I approach him about building us a duplex, whereby we can rent out the other side to help subsidize our mortgage? This is a long shot. I’ve just RECENTLY gotten reacquainted myself with Chris and his wife. I went to high school with his wife.

What suggestions that I have not considered have you thought about? What has worked for you, family member or friend? Our income is very modest (in fact, in our county, we are considered as poor, but not poor enough for subsidizing by government entities; so we are between a rock and a hard place).

Thank you for taking the time to answer!
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in 2007 i was involved in a Motor vehicle accident on a special ed bus. i have spina bifida and hydrocephalus and my motor wheelchair tipped to the side, slamming my head against the window and then straightening again. i dislocated my shunt and had to be rushed to the emergency room. they fixed my shunt, but i’ve had chronic headaches/migraines since then. i wake up with them and its like having a constant hangover. i have chronic soreness in my head accompanied by almost daily migraines. my migraines have gotten so bad i’ve hallucinated at times, thinking my computer was melting. LOL i am particularly sensitive to sound and cold. after years of trying massage therapy and medications for headaches and going to the chiropractor, and so on and so forth, i recently went to a pain specialist who recommended occipital nerve blocks. i had the initial test with Novocaine done two weeks ago and had the nerve block done yesterday. they burned the nerve in the back of my neck and gave me four shots. i’ve had neck soreness after both procedures were done but the headaches went down significantly. unfortunately only for about 12 hours each. what are people’s success with these nerve blocks? do the shots last longer the more you do them? has anyone tried anything else that has been more successful?

I’m currently in yr 12 and about to graduate. I am in a slight dilemma for entrance ideas for my formal. My friend has high anxiety problems and refuses to go in a limo and I am in wheelchair so it will need to be something that’s easy for me to get into. I was wondering if anyone would have any ideas about what sort of vehicle would be good to come to the entrance in. My friend (with the high anxiety) suggested that we come in a maxi taxi because it would be easier for my wheelchair but I think that is very tacky for a formal and I want to come in something a little bit more interesting than that. Any ideas? Best answer will receive 5 stars

I was hit by a driver overnight while my van was parked. He left the scene, but his front license plate was underneath my van. I contacted my insurance, they had my van towed to a shop. They claim the repairs are over 00, and my van is only worth 00. I still was paying it off and I owe about 00. They are paying my car off so I won’t owe any money, but I’m without a van. After getting the sheriff’s report a week later i’ve found out that the other driver had no registration or insurance. The sad thing is that this van we purchased for our 14 year old daughter that has Rett Syndrome and can’t walk. She uses a wheelchair to get around, and she can’t fit in any regular car. She’s tall and her chair doesn’t fit in too many trunks. She requires several doctors appointments out of town several times a year.Now I’m having to borrow cars since this was our only vehicle. So the insurance is paying off my debt, but we’re without a vehicle. Can I still sue the other driver for a replacement vehicle even though my insurance paid us for what our vehicle was worth?

I’m 17 and wheelchair bound. Over the years, I’ve gotten pretty big… about 150lb, and i’m only 4′ 1" so… yea, 150 may not seem big, but compared to my height it is! lol
I got in touch with a doctor at the hospital I’ve been going to since birth and he’s getting the whole educational process started. On the 2nd of August, I’m going to be starting "Teen Weight Loss Classes" so they’re going to teach me how to eat right, excessive, all that good stuff
Then I can choose if I still want to have the surgery, which I more then likely will, because since I’m in a wheelchair and my mobility is quite limited, I think it would be a great vehicle to guide my weight loss

So I was just wondering if anyone who has undergone the surgery -no matter what your age- could give me some advice and maybe share your stories.

Thanks so much in advance
~Nikki

its a kia carnival with modifications for a wheelchair from freedom motors (family design)
http://www.freedommotorsaustralia.com.au/vehicle-design/

I put 17" rims with 245/45/17 tyres on them
its supposed to have 205/65/15 on it
when you put your foot down the front wheels lean in (if that makes sence) and the steering wheel shutters
i spent 00 dollars on them so i need real advice not advice from dipshits

At the present time I live with my mother, some of the time our relationship is awesome but at others it can be extremely heated in the way of both physical and verbal abuse, it has been so bad at times I have sought the help of a counsellor to get me back on the right track and to regain my self-esteem (I am a wheelchair user.) To be perfectly honest with you all, I have come to terms with this as I was not always a girl reliant on a wheelchair, I now view this vehicle as my way of making my life better. The problem I am faced with is this, in the past week my mother has put the family home up on the market to sell, we have looked at a bungalow together which fits all of our requirements but now yesterday the mother that is the bizarre one reared her ugly head, and told me if it was not for me and my ****ing wheelchair she would not be moving. By a twist of fate, a ground floor apartment has come available to let in our next town, this is the same place I go to for my therapy sessions and indeed there is more opportunities there for me to carry on my education without having to rely on either my mother taking me (when she is in a good mood) or mini-bus. I have already emailled the letting agent in relation to the apartment. Am not sure if I am having a bout of cold feet or what, but I just feel as if at times the abuse is too much for me to take but on the other hand, when things are ok I rely on my mother for so many things eg:- food preparation and cooking, hair washing as well as helping me in and out of the bath. This is an extremely tricky and painful position to be in. All replies much appreciated
Sorry for the lack of information, the apartment is open plan and quite roomy for wheelchair use, as for the question on personal care, I guess if my mother did not provide this for me, I would have to be reliant on health services as there is no way in the world I can do things such as bathing and washing my hair. Am in my late teens, hope this helps .