{"id":15071,"date":"2022-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/nytt-farthegahjol-fyrir-fatlada-gefur-og-gledur\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:20:40","slug":"a-new-wheelchair-for-disabled-people-brings-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/nytt-farthegahjol-fyrir-fatlada-gefur-og-gledur\/","title":{"rendered":"New passenger wheelchair for disabled people gives and brings joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The House in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's dream of a passenger ferry has become a reality<\/h4>\n

Recently, the dream of the staff and service users of H\u00fasi\u00f0 in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur came true when they acquired a passenger bicycle. The H\u00fasi\u00f0 acquired the bikes through government recovery measures intended to promote social participation for people with mental health conditions and disabled people during the Covid pandemic. In discussions between staff and service users at H\u00fasi\u00f0, it was decided to use the grant for a project designed to increase freedom and give disabled people the opportunity to experience and live life to the full. There will be two bikes, but the first was delivered this week and it's safe to say the joy is immense and the experience is unique and different. <\/p>\n

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Everyone agrees that the cycling trips offer a great deal of freedom and a fantastic feeling.<\/sup><\/p>\n

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The bicycles will be available for loan to homes and institutions that serve disabled people. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

The passenger bike, which has already been delivered, is a Van Raam Chat bike, an electric bicycle that can carry 1-2 passengers and one rider. The bikes are intended for short-term loan to homes and institutions that serve people with mental and\/or physical disabilities. There are currently 13 homes (residential units) for disabled people in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, housing 65 individuals in independent living arrangements with varying levels of support according to their skills and abilities. A second bicycle, a Veloplus designed for wheelchair users, is expected at H\u00fasi\u00f0 in the near future. The bikes are both relatively simple and comfortable to use. The first week on the Van Raam Chat bike is promising, and the joy of those who have already tried it is pure and sincere. It is the unanimous opinion of everyone that the bike rides bring a great sense of freedom and a fantastic feeling.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_4973\"One wheelchair has arrived, and many of those who have left are waiting for the wheelchair intended for them.<\/sup><\/p>\n

The house provides a variety of resources for disabled people aged 10-60. <\/strong><\/h4>\n

The building in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is located at 14 Su\u00f0urgata and houses, among other things, a variety of leisure activities for disabled young people aged 10-25 and employment opportunities for individuals aged 20-60. Thus, Geitungarnir is an employment programme and creative work for 20-60 year-olds, Vinaskj\u00f3l is a diverse leisure activity for 16-20 year-olds, and Kletturinn is a leisure activity for children and young people aged 10-16. The headquarters of Hj\u00f3linn will be in H\u00fasi\u00f0.  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Draumur H\u00fassins \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i um far\u00feegahj\u00f3l or\u00f0inn a\u00f0 veruleika N\u00fdveri\u00f0 r\u00e6ttist draumur starfsf\u00f3lks og \u00fej\u00f3nustu\u00feega H\u00fassins \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i um a\u00f0 eignast far\u00feegahj\u00f3l. H\u00fasi\u00f0 eignast hj\u00f3lin fyrir tilstu\u00f0lan vi\u00f0spyrnua\u00f0ger\u00f0a stj\u00f3rnvalda sem \u00e6tla\u00f0 var a\u00f0 efla f\u00e9lagslega \u00fe\u00e1ttt\u00f6ku ge\u00f0fatla\u00f0ra og fatla\u00f0s f\u00f3lks \u00e1 t\u00edmum Covid. \u00cd samtali starfsf\u00f3lks og \u00fej\u00f3nustu\u00feega \u00ed H\u00fasinu var \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 a\u00f0 n\u00fdta styrkinn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_wds_title":"","_wds_metadesc":"","_wds_focus-keywords":"","_wds_meta-robots-adv":"","_wds_meta-robots-noindex":false,"_wds_meta-robots-nofollow":false,"_wds_meta-robots-index":false,"_wds_meta-robots-follow":false,"_wds_autolinks-exclude":false,"_wds_canonical":"","_wds_redirect":"","_wds_opengraph":[],"_wds_twitter":[],"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15071"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}