I feel like we’re not on the same page about wheelchair users, so let’s go over some basic facts:
PT: I feel like we’re not on the same page about wheelchair users, so let’s go over some basic facts: End PT
- some wheelchair users can walk and/or stand, these people are called ambulatory wheelchair users
- some wheelchair users cannot walk or stand, these people are called non ambulatory wheelchair users
- some wheelchair users use their chair full time
- some wheelchair users use their chair part time
- some full time wheelchair users are ambulatory
- not all wheelchair users are paralyzed
- not all paralyzed people are wheelchair users, paralysis is a spectrum
- paralysis isn’t the only reason to be non ambulatory
- not all wheelchair users have problems with their legs
Thank you for coming to my Ted talk
