From a wheelchair's view...
Have you ever considered what the world looks like from a wheelchair?
It is a difficult and challenging view. Steps, curbs, doorways, bumps, sidewalks, sand, rocks, and mud are often impassable challenges. Steep grades and bumpy roads make driving hard.
On my side of the family, my daughter is only able to visit my parents home. It is the only one that she can get into fairly easily. I have six brothers and she has never visited their homes because she can't get into the houses. There are no ramps and it is too hard to carry her and her chair anymore up steps. Doorways are narrow and there is little room in a house for a wheelchair.
She has been able to visit her uncle in Omaha but he has several stairs inside his home that always stress me. Her grandma lives in a first floor condo that is wonderful and accessible for her.
Traveling is always an adventure. You get very creative and you plan your destination and trips well. It makes life much easier to know that you can get somewhere without struggling. Accessible hotels and tourist locales get our business.
We are going to invest in a folding ramp which will help get the chair up some steps but what about buildings that have too many steps? What do we do about those? Maybe someday the world will find a way to "beam me up Scotty" from place to place and barriers will no longer be an issue. Until then though life in the wheelchair lane can be very limiting.
It is a difficult and challenging view. Steps, curbs, doorways, bumps, sidewalks, sand, rocks, and mud are often impassable challenges. Steep grades and bumpy roads make driving hard.
On my side of the family, my daughter is only able to visit my parents home. It is the only one that she can get into fairly easily. I have six brothers and she has never visited their homes because she can't get into the houses. There are no ramps and it is too hard to carry her and her chair anymore up steps. Doorways are narrow and there is little room in a house for a wheelchair.
She has been able to visit her uncle in Omaha but he has several stairs inside his home that always stress me. Her grandma lives in a first floor condo that is wonderful and accessible for her.
Traveling is always an adventure. You get very creative and you plan your destination and trips well. It makes life much easier to know that you can get somewhere without struggling. Accessible hotels and tourist locales get our business.
We are going to invest in a folding ramp which will help get the chair up some steps but what about buildings that have too many steps? What do we do about those? Maybe someday the world will find a way to "beam me up Scotty" from place to place and barriers will no longer be an issue. Until then though life in the wheelchair lane can be very limiting.
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