Mobility is taken for granted by everyone nowadays. But what happens when a diagnosis of an incurable disease takes that away from you and you end up in a wheelchair? When you "simply" need a vehicle that is adapted to your very own and particular needs in order to participate in everyday social life, but this vehicle costs between € 80.000-100.000?

Financial support from the government is generally only available for individuals that are working. Since I am a Student I am not deemed as requiring this support. The life of the disabled is generally very costly (accessible living space, aids and adaptations, therapies...). My husbands salary and the expectable revenue from the sale of our current car is not enough to allow us to purchase an adapted vehicle out right. For that reason I joined the organisation Mobil mit Behinderung e. V. (MMB), that has checked my request and that advises me with my dream of individualised mobility and that publicly fights for the equal rights of individuals with disabilities to participation in everyday social life (See letter from MMB e.V. on "HELP Melli" - available only in German). I contacted several charities for support and I have received pledges of financial support of around € 10.000 from them on the condition that the overall financing is ensured. This is fantastic, but considering the above mentioned total sum this is but "a drop in the ocean".