Looking for help purchasing a custom wheelchair for someone with CP and seizure disorder who has no insurance?

CP- Cerebral Palsy. She is 31.(medcaid will not pay for a custom chair after the age of 21.) i've asked the salvation army, Good Samaratin found., Catholic Charities org., L.I.F.E., the UCP foundation, all have said they don't have the funds to help. the chair she got as a teenager (m-caid paid for-when she was a teen-) she has outgrown, and it has rusted, and is falling apart, her mom has to use pillows and ties to position and secure her, it is very unsafe.
description of wheelchair needed:
special tilt frame 2,899.00
flip up adjustable footplates 105.00
12" Poly mag tires 65.00
custom seating and back pkg 1'396.00
w/hardware & lateral pad supports
Padded Footbox 86.00
Bodypoint Hip Belt 92.00
shoulder harness 122.00
headrest w/hardware 675.00
headstrap w/support 190.00
Total $5,630.

those are good thoughts, but pt has medicaid, it doesn't pay any for custom chairs after the age of 21. and she can't get medicare, she never worked; so we've been told.

Medicare won't help either?

Honey you need to try for SSI. Not only will it help with money but you will get medicaid.
My son has a chromosome abnormality and had a seizure disorder along with other problems. Without SSI I wouldn't know what we would have done.

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