Kintropy In Action

When we go out to eat at restaurants, Hannah does not have fun. She, like most young children, wants to move about. Since she is in a manual wheelchair, it is usually up to us if she gets to move. She doesn't eat by mouth yet, and she is still in the finger painting stage with food: something very hard to clean up when out and about. We are trying to teach her manners, so we talk and sing to her till the food comes.

Then we pull out the miracle of the modern age. It is called the portable DVD player. I get to have a chat with adults and my husband while we eat. It is such a novel experience.

It works in other situations too. Anything that involves waiting in one place, such as a doctor office, coffee shop, and synagogue.

So I tell people yeah Hannah use to be ventilator-dependent, now she is DVD-dependent. It is a lot easier to transport.

--Mom