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Community Driver and the prospect. So what we’re doing is providing the qualification questions to our Community Drivers and additional training on performing a test drive, so that way, when they connect on this platform, they can ask these questions so they can be sure the indi- vidual can use a WHILL product before they actually go out and do a test drive.”
But since WHILL owners are presumably not seating and mobility clinicians or ATPs, do they have the knowl- edge needed to disqualify a potential test driver — for example, someone in the early stages of ALS, who will eventually need the complex electronics and positioning that neither WHILL vehicle offers?
“This is more of a way to give people options, to better understand what’s out in the market,” Yoshioka said. “They definitely will have to go through their ther- apist or physician in order to figure out which device would best suit them in the long term. But this WeDrive program will allow them to try different devices before they go in and get their fitting for the device that they’ll need. At least this will give them the chance to talk
about their options a little bit better.”
At press time, WeDrive was set to roll out April 10, and
WHILL hopes other power chair manufacturers will even- tually participate.
“We definitely want this program to grow, and in the future hopefully we’ll open it up to other products,” Yoshioka said. “For right now it’s just going to be WHILL owners and WHILL products. It goes back to building a larger community.” m
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