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A braille note-taker for Patrizia: help me move freely
Help Patrizia get a braille note-taker so She can speak with the people around her.
🇮🇹 Messina, Sicily, Italy2,167 views
I live with a spinal cord injury. My occupational therapist at the Messina Rehabilitation Centre has assessed me and recommended a braille note-taker. The public scheme doesn't cover it, and the quote from the supplier is $5,400.
My current equipment is 13 years old and keeps breaking, which has confined me to home for 10 weeks.
With the right equipment I could speak with the people around her. It would change my everyday life and my ability to work from home.
We've applied to two charities already and received small contributions; this campaign covers the rest.
Funds go toward the equipment, delivery, fitting and a year of servicing.
Where the $5,400 goes:
• braille note-taker: $5,000
• Fitting and training sessions: $125
• Delivery and set-up: $95
• First-year servicing plan: $180
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Wishing you the best. Hope the treatment goes smoothly and recovery is quick. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home!
how is Patrizia doing now?
Best of luck, Patrizia. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Messina
Thinking of you and your family, Patrizia. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Hope it all works out, Patrizia. Shared this with my family
wishing you the best, Patrizia. Hope the doctors have good news. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Sakai.
Praying for you, Patrizia. Wishing Patrizia a smooth procedure and a full recovery. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Hope it all works out. Hope the doctors have good news. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.