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Where you born in a wheelchair?
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Yes believe it or not someone asked me that!
My reply?
"Well I think it would have been a bit sore for my mum!"
Honestly!!!!!!
Whatever will I get asked next?!
lol
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Sorry Where should read were!
I was so excited I forgot to check the spelling!!!
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Them...
"Have you been in a wheelchair yiour whole life?"
Me.....
"Not yet!"
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Someone who had just that second seen me get out of my chair to haul myself up some stairs on my bum then made conversation with me (whilst I was trying to recover from the effort) by saying "have you always been in a wheelchair? Well, no, about 2 minutes ago I wasn't in a wheelchair... you were there.
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Thanks for you message Rose.
Yes it does seem to be the sort of question asked a lot by non-crips.
Perhaps I should respond:
"Have you always been leg dependent?"
That should throw 'em!!
I think that question would make a great caption for a t-shirt!!!
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You get daft things said everyday, I went to a resturant and I asked to have a chair removed and they removed the chair from the place I couldnt ever have got in, it was past (very close to) the open fireplaces and up a step.
I always wondered why my mother walked funny!
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Yes I was born in a wheelchair: the maternity hospital was so underfunded they couldn't afford beds.
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"Have you always been leg dependent?"
Love it!This is a reply to this message.
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I pity the poor woman who had to push the wheelchair out along with the baby
Seriously though, I did need to use a wheelchair/special pushchair as a young child then my walking/balance improved after surgery around 7. I became wheelchair bound again at 27, I was always informed that I would end up needing to use a wheelchair again in later life (but was led to believe this would be in my 40's) so it wasn't as much of a shock for me as it was for my friends and aquantences.
In terms of how I answer the question it depends on how it is asked and where (i.e. if in the pub and a little tipsy I could answer, nope I nicked it of the crip next door to stop me from scraping my knees on the way home tonight, at college - at least it garuntees me a seat in lectures)This is a reply to this message.
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Heh. I just got home and came here to post about my not entirely dissimilar experience in the taxi rank at the station just now:
Random Bloke: What did you do to yourself?
Wobbling Wilma: Nothing.
RB: Really, what did you do to yourself?
WW: Nothing.
RB: Seriously. What happened?
WW: Are you going to ask the entire queue their medical histories, or just me?
RB: Just you. Can I try out your stick?
WW: No.
RB: Aw why not?
WW: Because I need to lean on it so I don't fall over.
RB: Come on, what happened to you?
WW: I can guarantee it's not as interesting as you think it might be.
RB: It might be boring to you, but it's not to me.
WW: I angered an evil sorceress and she cursed me.
RB: Seriously?
WW: I am serious.
Continue for ages, until:
WW: [Expletive] Off!
Entire queue: applauds
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"wheel chair bound" who bound you to your wheelchair i'd call the police that must be illegal
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I love the one that goes, 'so why are you using a wheelchair then?' This comes from people that have watched me struggling in the streets on crutches for years.
The attitude is 'but you can walk?' (shock horror, looks at me strangely) I reply 'i can but not without these and i can't go far and walking causes me a lot of pain. I use my wheelchair so i can go out and do lots of stuff.'
You can see the cogs turning 'but you can walk!' I'm thinking 'i can barely walk at all, so you expect me to just struggle all my life and barely go out and do anything just for the sake of walking?'
These people that cry out 'But you can walk' cause they've watched you hobble on crutches down the path are the same people that jump in their cars to drive around the corner to take their children to school!!! I live right opposite a school and i want to say, 'But you can walk, why are you getting in your car instead of walking around the corner to school?'
That's acceptable but using a wheelchair cause you can barely put one foot in front of the other isn't. If you can walk a couple of steps, remember everyone...... You don't need a wheelchair cause you can walk.
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how long have you been in a wheelchair?
since I got paralyzed!
http://www.disablog.comThis is a reply to this message.
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It would be an impressive newborn that could push themselves in a wheelchair!
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"Heh. I just got home and came here to post about my not entirely dissimilar experience in the taxi rank at the station just now:
Random Bloke: What did you do to yourself?
Wobbling Wilma: Nothing.
RB: Really, what did you do to yourself?
WW: Nothing.
RB: Seriously. What happened?
WW: Are you going to ask the entire queue their medical histories, or just me?
RB: Just you. Can I try out your stick?
WW: No.
RB: Aw why not?
WW: Because I need to lean on it so I don't fall over.
RB: Come on, what happened to you?
WW: I can guarantee it's not as interesting as you think it might be.
RB: It might be boring to you, but it's not to me.
WW: I angered an evil sorceress and she cursed me.
RB: Seriously?
WW: I am serious.
Continue for ages, until:
WW: [Expletive] Off!
Entire queue: applauds"
I'm clapping too. Mind you, I'd also have clapped if the entire conversation had consisted of the first and last sentences.
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>> You can see the cogs turning 'but you can walk!' <<
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Wobbling Wilma,
Thanks for sharing your story.. (I'm clapping also and cheering!)
That bloke was lucky you didn't batter him to a pulp with your stick!
What a cheek he had, some people don't know when to quit.
Another one could be
"I have a condition that causes violent outbursts that is shortened to:
NOYDB
Lets hope they can work out that is means "None of your D** Business!!!!"This is a reply to this message.
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and I thought I had heard and seen it all...
Perhaps this could only be a question from a small child, but hey, I take it it wasn't.
I did get asked yesterday if I had always been so clumsy by a sales assistant when I ended up on the floor of a store. I think those around me were more shocked with her comment, than I wasThis is a reply to this message.
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>> I did get asked yesterday if I had always been so clumsy by a sales assistant when I ended up on the floor of a store. <<
"Yes, it's part of my disability," might make her stop and think, though with some of these people you might have more success with the vigorous application of a length of 2x4 to their forehead.This is a reply to this message.
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Several years ago - before I used crutches or a wheelchair - I was on a late night bus after a night out.
At least a quarter of an hour into the journey a drunk across the aisle suddenly asked me what I had in my handbag.
Why he should ask that I do not know. I wasn't even looking in my handbag - it was on my lap as usual.
My answer wasn't quite so usual though.
I told him I had a colostomy bag in my handbag. I even got the (empty) bag out and tried to pass it to him.
He wouldn't take it from me - I wonder why?
He shut up after that and never said another word.This is a reply to this message.
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