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a general rant
Apr. 27th, 2012 04:10 pmIf you find yourself about to use the phrase "confined to a wheelchair", stop and fucking think for a moment.
It is perhaps arguably true for specific situations of temporary use. For someone that has an external imposition (i.e. doctor's orders) to use a wheelchair rather than walking, especially if that someone is normally quite physically active? I can see it. I don't like the phrase much, but I won't fight it. Much.
But as a general term?
No. Just... no.
Wheelchairs are freedom. Wheelchairs are a mobility tool. Wheelchairs allow people like me to get out of the house (and out of bed). My disability limits me, but my wheelchair does exactly the opposite.
And if you are an organization that professes to be inclusive of people with different physical and mental abilities, this advice goes infinitely more for you.
Growl.
It is perhaps arguably true for specific situations of temporary use. For someone that has an external imposition (i.e. doctor's orders) to use a wheelchair rather than walking, especially if that someone is normally quite physically active? I can see it. I don't like the phrase much, but I won't fight it. Much.
But as a general term?
No. Just... no.
Wheelchairs are freedom. Wheelchairs are a mobility tool. Wheelchairs allow people like me to get out of the house (and out of bed). My disability limits me, but my wheelchair does exactly the opposite.
And if you are an organization that professes to be inclusive of people with different physical and mental abilities, this advice goes infinitely more for you.
Growl.