Help Ursula get a wheelchair
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Hey y’all! My name is Ursula Guzman. I am a chronically ill disabled POC from what is now called Colorado.
I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in the spring of 2014. The first three years of my Dx where relatively “normal” with minimal to no symptoms. I would ride my bike a minimum of 30 miles per day. I hiked and ran trails along with many other outdoor activities. Being able to get outdoors into wild spaces is extremely important to me and my mental health. Since relocating back to Colorado from Idaho in 2017 my physical health has been deteriorating faster then I had expected. With my new reality of disease progression, I’ve gone through several mobility aids. From braces to canes to my current tool, sidestix forearm crutches.
I’ve spent the past year living in denial about my current disease state and the need for more. The need for a wheelchair. I am finally at a point of acceptance and with this comes great relief.
As stated above, I am in love with the outdoors and as of right now, my physical strength is so poor that hiking is very unsafe as I can only keep my energy for about 1/4 mile and doing simple tasks like grocery shopping is absolutely impossible if the stores scooters are dead or malfunctioning which tends to be the case.
As some of you may know, there are a handful of all-terrain manual wheelchairs on the market. One of them, and one of the more affordable for what it does, is the Colour razor blade wheelchair. It utilizes mountain bike parts including mountain bike tires. Making it ready to shred on hiking trails, the beach, rough city street and the like. It is the ultimate yet affordable accessibility device for disabled folks to be able to enjoy wilderness because nature is for everyone. My disease progression is moving quicker then I can keep up with so I am setting a deadline for obtaining my wheelchair. My goal is to obtain more physical autonomy by the the end of November of this year.
Please, If you can help in anyway whether financially of boosting my campaign it would mean the world to me!
I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in the spring of 2014. The first three years of my Dx where relatively “normal” with minimal to no symptoms. I would ride my bike a minimum of 30 miles per day. I hiked and ran trails along with many other outdoor activities. Being able to get outdoors into wild spaces is extremely important to me and my mental health. Since relocating back to Colorado from Idaho in 2017 my physical health has been deteriorating faster then I had expected. With my new reality of disease progression, I’ve gone through several mobility aids. From braces to canes to my current tool, sidestix forearm crutches.
I’ve spent the past year living in denial about my current disease state and the need for more. The need for a wheelchair. I am finally at a point of acceptance and with this comes great relief.
As stated above, I am in love with the outdoors and as of right now, my physical strength is so poor that hiking is very unsafe as I can only keep my energy for about 1/4 mile and doing simple tasks like grocery shopping is absolutely impossible if the stores scooters are dead or malfunctioning which tends to be the case.
As some of you may know, there are a handful of all-terrain manual wheelchairs on the market. One of them, and one of the more affordable for what it does, is the Colour razor blade wheelchair. It utilizes mountain bike parts including mountain bike tires. Making it ready to shred on hiking trails, the beach, rough city street and the like. It is the ultimate yet affordable accessibility device for disabled folks to be able to enjoy wilderness because nature is for everyone. My disease progression is moving quicker then I can keep up with so I am setting a deadline for obtaining my wheelchair. My goal is to obtain more physical autonomy by the the end of November of this year.
Please, If you can help in anyway whether financially of boosting my campaign it would mean the world to me!
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Ursula Guzman
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Erie, CO