Handicapped Wheelchair

My local Concert arena offers Wheelchair seating but when the show starts and people stand up I can't see a thing! Do you think this is fair and who should I complain to?

Wheelchair sitting should be in the front. Contact the arena and local disability advocates.

2006-05-28 05:00:58 by julia e

This seat, the Easy Reach, lets a wheelchair user or person with any disability easily access the front or mid position of most minivans and full ...

Im 18 and have a form of muscular dystrophy. Im in a wheelchair and have limited use of my hands, I cannot even feed myself. When i was young i was a very happy go lucky kid and people were just drawn toward me. I had no problems with finding friends. Recently ive just been very lonely and seeking friends to hang out and have fun with. But everytime im around people who care and who would love to be my friends, i just seem to blow it. I think i have gotten social anxiety since high school and i just have a hard time connecting with ppl. Im always degrading myself and believing im worthless and that i have nothing to give to anyone. I know i shouldnt have those thoughts but i do. Ive lost all confidence and it keeps getting worse. I blame this on the fact that my handicap leaves me at a disadvantage in social situations. I cannot project my voice very loud and people just cant hear me in noisy areas and this also makes being outgoing tough. Anyway, its friday night and im alone, HELP!

About the social situations:
I know where you're coming from! Does it feel like you've got this interesting thing to say, but when you say it, it turns out to be...not that cool...and then you just trail off in a mumble? And then it's awkward. It happens to me occasionally, admittedly, with people I am really trying to impress. I am definitely working on this. I find that sometimes just being quieter and putting a thoughtful smile on your face will do the trick. Don't put too much thought into everything you say. This may lead to it sounding too planned-out and calculated. When you have something that truly feels natural and not too "witty," it should come out with some ease, and just let it flow from there. If that doesn't work out or the people don't really latch on, just don't worry about it too much. I often worry that people don't like me, but then I may hear that they have no such negative feelings or, on the contrary, that they had a positive impression. A worrier, I am, and a worrier I will always be, but it's definitely something that can be improved, if not cured. Perhaps this is your problem too?

As for degrading yourself constantly, well, that is a very tempting and human thing to do. Making excuses for how you are lifts the possible guilt of not maybe not meeting expectations of what you should be. I never want to disappoint, so sometimes I just try to lower people's expectations of me, the easier way out. Now that I have a job, this is something I'm trying to avoid! Again, it's just a matter of not doubting yourself.

As for your handicap-this is NOT a socially-crippling problem. People are amazingly (and unexpectedly) accepting of all kinds. The good people, the ones that do not carry around huge weights in needless preconceptions and those that are not painfully ignorant (why would you want to associate with them anyways?) will generally not care about any sort of meaningless stigmas. People will not treat you differently if you don't ask them to. If you go up to a room of people, smile, and greet them normally, they will not look at you as some weird guy who is not the same as them because he cannot walk. No, you are a potential contributor to the group! Who knows what you could bring to the table? Spend some time discovering yourself!

Socially, physically; everyone has insecurities. The confident people are the ones that can mask or deal with them the most effectively.

YOU are a valuable human with the potential of an entire species locked away in you somewhere. As cliche as this sounds, your depressive state will pass eventually. Keep your chin up!

2007-07-06 19:52:00 by jZen

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My brother told me the other day that he had been in a public bathroom when a wheelchair-bound person come in to use the handicapped stall. He didn't want to offend the man, but was insanely curious how it was possible to get from a wheelchair to the toilet itself without being some crazy double-jointed left handed bodybuilder. In addition, when I looked at the bars and the space for the handicapped stall at my work the next day, I couldn't really figure it out either! Help assuage our combined curiousity?

#1 The person is not bound to the wheelchair. If they were they definitely could not use the toilet. They are a wheelchair user.

#2 A proper accessible stall has space to the right or left of the toilet to transfer to the right or left. Some people use sliding boards. They slide themselves over onto the toilet. Some can manage without a transfer board.

#3 A narrow accessible stall without the space to the right or left is more difficult. There are a few ways to do it. You can transfer onto the toilet seat sideways and then turn your body. Some can stand when they hold onto the grab bars just long enough to transfer. Some can take a few steps - and then they might just get up and use the toilet.

Grab bars are essential - to use for balance and to pull yourself.

Having the toilet paper and other recepticles placed in the right places are also essential. I have been injured several times in an accessible stall and it has always been from the same thing - the metal boxes they attach to the walls for "sanitary" products. I have cut myself on the sharp corners of them more than once.

A word about accessible stall etiquette. If there is an another stall to use - use it. If it is the only one available - go ahead - unless there is a chair user waiting. The chair user gets to go to the accessible stall first as soon as it becomes available.

2008-01-25 20:18:06 by Dagian Molly

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You'd think that would be a no-brainer. I have a relative that uses a wheelchair and for a lot of restrooms the stall is too small to appropriately situate the wheelchair. This has made it really tough to go to restaurants and other places. Are restrooms supposed to be fully accessible in the US by a certain year?

Yes they were supposed to be accessible by 1992. So there really is no excuse for them nt to be, Very few businesses have not been renovated since 1992.

2008-11-07 15:15:46 by jessalynn

Proper furniture accomdations etc. This can also include beside care and daily tasks. (I don't have time to look it up sincde it is very hard for me at least to find this info so if you have an answer great if you don't then DONT ANSWER!)

(Also I wanted to know the same for a person who's just woke up from a Coma, like if there are any differences or not.)

Please be detailed and don't flame the question I just want to get imformation that is accurate and correct I know there are nurses and people who actually have to do this on a day to day basis that can give me an accurate answer.
When I say detailed I mean DETAILED!

(As in I won't flag any answer as being a pedifile, because I can tell if it was intentional of not)
If anyone has come across this, i'm STILL excepting answers! The person that did answer did provide some good point but it was still a bit difficult to find exactly what I was looking for.

(they brought up a good point, I know some of you won't want to write an 'essay' I realize it's murder for some people to type, I had it drilled in my head, by a strange teacher)

So now I know the keyboard like the back of my hand. If you have anything then please tell me!

As for the comatose period the info I need is for someone who's been sleeping at least 1 year.

Your sentence structure needs help. Please good care of a parallized patient, also google care of a comatose patient.
You need to do this yourself as you need to learn it for some reason. It is quite a list and not everyone is going to take the time to write this essay as that is what it is.
I will give you a few hints but take it from there.
1.Bathing each day and turning of patient to prevent bedsores
2.Catheter care
3.. Bowel care
4. Type of bed needed
5. How to get in and out of wheelchair.

Coma patient:
Same as above but feeding tube? Versus IV. You do not state if this is long tern or short term care.
is this person able to do any care themselves
Muscle atrophy These are the things to look for.
Also mental state and taking care of the patients needs like entertainment, tasks, learning and cognitiveabilites.
These are your key words so do the best you can.

2007-04-03 20:10:09 by puretainted2006