Wheels
Dear SCA6 Network Members, I hope you are having a good summer! I've been thinking recently about how great wheels are and wonder if any species other than ours uses wheels as a tool. When moving homes, there is nothing like a hand truck or a dolly for heavy boxes and furniture; people love their cars, including some that can self-drive these days, bikes, skates, and scooters; most offices have desk chairs with wheels; but then somehow 'wheelchairs' are not as glorified. Tammy Schumann wrote a wonderful book titled "Scooter Sagas: Coping with Ataxia" describing her journey to more outdoor freedom with her scooters. The ataxia resource and discussion group (AR&DG) had a session discussing how to best travel with ataxia which definitely involved wheels. I was walking through an airport security line in Denver, CO last week thinking about how quickly so many people were walking the mile of roped aisles, back and forth, and how if anyone had any trouble walking h...