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The London County Council through its local Welfare Officer
is extremely helpful to any of its tenants who require storage sheds.
Transport
The Bedford "Dormobile" has now been in service for nearly
! two years and plays an indispensable part in the activities of the
Association.
Besides undertaking routine journeys to clubs and handicraft
dasses, many other commitments are undertaken, e.g., journeys to
railway termini, holiday addresses if reasonably near, theatre and
picnic trips, etc.
Wheel Chairs
To many handicapped people a wheel chair is the pivot of
the whole of their existence.
It can represent the chance to hold a job and earn money, the
opportunity to enjoy human society and in many other ways to
case the burdens placed on handicapped people.
It is not surprising therefore that a great deal of administrative
work accrues from the provision and maintenance of wheel chairs.
Liaison is maintained constantly with the Ministry of Health,
who even though they operate by "remote control" do their very
best to meet th differing needs of individual cases.
One problem which cannot be solved at the present is that pre-
sented by the mother or wife who may be both frail and ageing but
has to push her adult son/daughter or husband about because they
are too helpless to manage a chair on their own.
Some sort c power-assisted chair would be a boon to many
families known the Association, e.g., like the hand guided electric
milk floats.
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