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Wheelchair Confessions

Wheelchair Confessions and other stuff....
Haven’t been feeling the best lately, so I’ve been off the podcast for a bit, giving myself a chance to heal.

I was doing Wheelchair Confessions on Twitter the other day. I was talking about the things I wish people would stop doing because I’m in a wheelchair.

1. When you see a person crossing the street in a wheelchair, unless it is a one lane street, you’re actually putting that person in danger from crossing the street. This happened to me this weekend crossing the street with my sister. A car was coming an came to a complete stop. However there was another lane of traffic. Sure enough, a car went around her and went flying through the street, nearly knocking me over. I try  not to move when people do that and wave them on. They don’t understand they are creating a dangerous situation for me.

2. Stop saying “I’m sorry you’re in a wheelchair.” There is no reason to feel sorry for me or anyone else in a wheelchair. I use a wheelchair the way that you use a fork or a washing machine. It’s a tool for me. Without it, you wouldn’t see me at all. I’d be in the bed all day. Why would you be sorry that I used a wheelchair? The way I’m not sorry that you have to use a fork.

3. You don’t have to open doors for me. I can do it on my own. Because it was done for me all the time, I had a hard time and struggled with opening doors for myself for a long time. It was until I INSISTED that people open doors for me. I now open doors for able bodied people (presuming) and watch their brains go through a “glitch”.


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