Disabled and a Veteran? Get a Free Segway.
posted on Jun 15 by amelia in the Advocacy, Technology, Wheelchair Technology, veterans category
Are you a veteran, disabled, and served on active duty before or after September 11, 2001? You can apply for a free segway that is custom designed for your needs. Disability Rights Advocates for Technology, DRAFT, is made up of people with disabilities that refuse to be defined by their disability and have a passion for participating in life’s activities. They provide advocacy as well as education services as an advocate for the adoption of Universally Designed Technology Solutions. As part of their mission, they provide segways for disabled veterans at no charge.
In order to qualify for a free segway, you need to have served under one of the following conditions:
You must have incurred an illness or injury resulting in permanent disability and difficulty walking as a result of
- Armed Conflict
- Hazardous Service
- Conditions Simulating War
- Instrumentality of War
- Combat Operation
- Combat Zone
In order to apply, visit http://www.segs4vets.com
Segways for Disabled Veterans are funded 100% by volunteers, and the charity has been awarded the Independent Charities Seal of Excellence. Of the 1,000,000 charities in the United States today, fewer than 50,000 meet the standards, and, of those, fewer than 2,000 have been awarded the seal.
The Secretary of the Army’s Public Service Award was presented to DRAFT’s founders for distinguished public service in providing outstanding support to our nation’s Veterans through the Segs4Vets Program. Segs4Vets has awarded more than 250 Segways to Veterans who were severely injured while serving our nation in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
If you are a disabled veteran and want a free segway, visit http://www.segs4vets.com to apply.
3 Comments
amelia, posted this comment on Jul 7th, 2010
Thanks George! We are doing our best - so glad you noticed! Absolutely you are welcome to add a link, and we’re sorry the VA doesn’t provide better care 
Thomas Shannon, posted this comment on Jul 29th, 2010
I am A Disabled veteran,it’s very hard sometimes to get your message accross to the va,and other doctors just how bad your hurt!
I was discharged in 1967,had a bad back from an injury in service but,worked for years before i just couldn’t do it any more and in 92 decited to go to the va for help.
I was turned down because i had to prove my injury was in service.How many have been told no because your medical files were not accurate,or blacked out completly.
Then,how many of us have been turned down because,the Doctor didn’t put in all the info needed to satisfy the va?
I get 100% non service and care but not the compensation i deserved for my injury,i know there are at least thousands come under that catagory! I sufferd from two hart attacks,and sent home being told that i didn’t suffer a hart attack only to go to my local hospital and told that next day that i had already had two hart attacks,and working on my third one.
I ended up haveing a five bypass in a hospital,other than the va.
I know in my hart that the va can’t waite until i die so they don’t have to give me anything!!
If i sound alittle p o’d,i am and i just hope the veterans comming home from war get alot better treatment than we did after viet nam !
Thomas Shannon
ps: I hope someone else has more to add to my little note!!!
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George A Marsh Jr, posted this comment on Jul 6th, 2010
I am a Vietnam Disabled vet. But VA refuses to recognize that I got Agent Orange, Acute Peripheral Neuropathy because I didn’t report it soon enough.I have been in a wheelchair for over 21 years. I think you all are doing a great job and I ask permission to add a link from my web page to yours. I want everybody that comes to my site to see what you all are doing for the Vets. God bless you all!