Q&A: What do you think about people in wheelchairs?

Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by Electric Wheelchairs Scooters in 4mph Pavement Scooters

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15 Responses to “Q&A: What do you think about people in wheelchairs?”

  1. jd

    17. Jan, 2012

    They don’t bother me. The ones that get to me is the ones that stare at you like you are from another planet.

  2. Tom E

    17. Jan, 2012

    I’m in a wheelchair, and folks treat me kindly and helpful, and I’m real nice back. I try to give eye-contact and a smile to everyone, so they don’t think I’m some robotic retard out to run them over! lol

  3. wanttoknowbasis

    17. Jan, 2012

    I think they should be treat with respect as some of the fuckers are athletes and just wannt a scrap

  4. hisChamp

    17. Jan, 2012

    I am physically disabled (with a disabled placard) but do not use a wheelchair or other apparatus. What do I think about those who are? It depends on where I am at. For some reason, my rural town has quite a lot of them and they are mostly motorized ones. I’ve noticed that they get around town quite well considering how old this town is but they must get a lot of negative drivers, shoppers and remarks because they have rather a bad attitude inside the stores. When they ask me to please move aside and I do, they often utter something and I have had my shoe run over more than twice. But I don’t believe they would do that unless they had already been through unpleasant experiences with less-than-kind people and there are a lot of ignorant folks out there. On the whole though, I give them credit for strength and the energy to still be mainstream when some people can’t even walk if their socks don’t match.

  5. Nancy D

    17. Jan, 2012

    When I see someone in a wheelchair, the first thing I think of is how fortunate I am because I can still walk pretty well. I know that sounds selfish, sorry.

  6. Kate:)

    17. Jan, 2012

    there just like regular ppl and i dont think derffenlty bout them than i would anybody else.i bet once you get to know them,there rlly nivce.

  7. undir

    18. Jan, 2012

    I think the same of them as of other people. They are different individuals with all kinds of personalities. The wheelchair does not change who they are or what my opinion of them is.

  8. Wulfdog

    18. Jan, 2012

    I’ve used a wheelchair since 1994 and worked in a center for independent living for 11 years. I find that people who use wheelchairs are jelous of each other and seem to avoid speaking to one another. I really don’t know why that is. Seems like people who use wheelchairs seem to have a chip on their shoulder. I went to a wheelchair accessible fishing area on a river yesterday. There was a guy and a daughter/grand daughter with him. He wouldn’t look at me and seemed to be trying to avoid eye contact with me. I gave him an amount of time that would allow him to speak and he didn’t. He wasn’t trying to be quiet for fishing because he was talking to his assistant. I finally said are you catching anything? He reluctantly started talking to me. I get really mad about people abusing handicapped parking and will yell at them, but when I’ve been fishing at the handicapped fishing area I know there’s a sign that says people without disabilities are not allowed to fish on the bank or in a boat within 100 feet of the disabled access area. When there have been boats close to the area fishing I haven’t said anything to them cause they don’t have any more chance catching on there as I do, but this guy was yelling hateful comments to every boat that came close to the area. I know for a fact none of them were anywhere close to one hundred feet away, but this guy was yelling at them anyway. This gives everyone who uses a chair a bad rep. One thing I will say about chair use over walking. Before I used a chair I was laughed at and made fun of in stores when people saw me walk with a bad limp. When I started using a chair, people stopped looking at me and never turned to their friends and made comments or giggled. I don’t have any idea why other chair users seem to be jelous of each other, but I play a fiddle and have noticed that other fiddle players are really jelous of each other. Don’t ask me why. I just see what I see. I think one thing for sure, people who use wheelchairs develop a bad attitude because: 1. They get tired of people treating them different, 2. they wish they could do what everyone else is doing, 3. They’re tired from the stress of using an uncooperative piece of junk, and still having to do the same things as other people to get along in life. Why wheelchair users don’t have a special hand wave or gesture like motorcycle riders do when they pass each other, I don’t know.

  9. Lone Rose

    18. Jan, 2012

    I think of people in a wheel chair like I do anyone else. On my worst days, I’m using mine, on my better days, I’ll use my crutches

  10. Kelli

    18. Jan, 2012

    I dont think of them any differently than a person standing up.
    If they screamed: HEY LOOK IM IN A WHEELCHAIR!! EVERYONE LOOK AT ME!!, then i would think of them differently.

  11. Sleazy P. Martini

    18. Jan, 2012

    I think that they’re people who are in wheelchairs.

  12. +

    18. Jan, 2012

    THEY ARE COOL JUST LIKE YOU AND ME BUT THEY RIDE ON A LIMO.

    I mean this in a cute way. I try to offer help to them if they can’t reach an item in the store, or seeming to need help. God bless you.

  13. Kit

    18. Jan, 2012

    I don’t think anything for them. Why would I feel bad for them if I didn’t cause them to be in one? I’m sure they wouldn’t want me feeling sorry for them just like I don’t want people feeling sorry for me. I don’t need pity.

  14. purplebell

    18. Jan, 2012

    Its not the wheel chair its the person in the wheelchair. You can get very nice people in wheelchairs & you can get some very nasty people in wheelchairs. Its how the person in the chair decides to live their life. You can get on with life or you can sit there & grumble about how hard life is. It goes for able bodied people too & I just don’t have time for anyone who wants to sit there & think the world owes them more then anyone else. You may not have the use of your legs but you can still get around. Some days my knees are just so sore I would just like to sit down all day ( a wheelchair would be good them days) but I don’t I have things to do & nobody else is going to do them for me.

    Its not the chair I look at the person.

  15. madworld

    18. Jan, 2012

    It doesn’t phase me/bother me. I grew up with a paraplegic father. My dad was in a carwreck when he was 16. So, I never knew him when he was able to walk. I was around him all my life. I know the medical issues that they have to deal with and a lot of people don’t realize that it’s more than just a chair.

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