Post by Lαrα on Oct 13, 2014 1:27:18 GMT -8
This is a point actually that most people expect your legs NOT to move if you use a wheelchair and i can imagine what thoughts run through people's mind if they see someone in a chair who can actually move a leg....FAKER!
I read an article that touched on this subject and i can imagine its very true because pre-SCI days, i thought this. Well not that i thought people were fake..I just thought that nothing worked below waist level.
When i was 16/17 I went to a social club for amateur radio enthusiasts...I had one at home...every week i would chat to a guy who was in a chair and i remember his legs felt pretty bony as i plonked myself on his lap ! lol
He was the only person i ever knew in a chair so i figured most people were the same so if someone could move their legs i maybe would think wth too...
Anyways, enough of my rambling... 
If you've ever seen someone stand up from a wheelchair and walk, don't assume you've just witnessed a miracle or a Blue Badge fraudster.
It's not uncommon for people who can move their legs to use wheels to get around some or all of the time. There are a multitude of reasons for this, pain, fatigue or muscle weakness to name just three.
Twenty-one-year-old part-time wheelchair user Bethan Griffith-Salter has been called a fraud on numerous occasions for folding away her wheelchair and walking. She says she feels angry that she is expected to give details of her medical condition to strangers who challenge her about having a chair when she is able to walk.
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