Dozens of wheelchair users took over a section of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Thursday to protest lengthy wheelchair repair wait times.
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Maureen Amirault began trying in 2021 to arrange for the servicer of her wheelchair to repair an ill-fitted footplate. After two years of phone calls, sores and now deformed foot bones, she told a legislative task force last week that the issue remained unresolved.
A bill that would regulate wheelchair companies to ensure they repair specialized wheelchairs in a timely manner failed to pass the Judiciary Committee.