Pros and Cons of Being in a Wheelchair (mostly Pros)

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @mxvseq
    @mxvseq 7 лет назад +7

    "I have a sticker that says 'My Australian Shepherd is Smarter Than Your Honor Student'"
    I laughed so hard.

  • @leerfarmer
    @leerfarmer 8 лет назад +2

    One con that I can think of is getting to public restrooms in time or more to the point finding one that you can get into. Other then that Great Video!!!

  • @selenaforever12
    @selenaforever12 7 лет назад +1

    i'm currently wheelchair bound when I'm outside of my house. I have some server back pain in my lower and middle back so at times i can't even stand up so..... but i'm not permanently in one. but what i love about being in one is that i can customize my ride i'm not one who like to show off things but i at least want my favorite color. i don't see an cons when i'm in it. i LOVE being different and i can able wheel myself next to my friends or any one else i'm with as easily as i would walk. yes there are things you need to master but after that its pretty easy.

  • @MrsLilreader
    @MrsLilreader 10 лет назад +1

    Great video! I was really down and out about needing a walker, so I decided I'd get a great color. My friends sent me "Supernatural" stickers and now it makes me smile. Customizing your wheels, be they walker (rollator like mine) or wheelchair (like yours) is great!

  • @TheEmmerswee
    @TheEmmerswee 9 лет назад

    What a great video. I just recently started using a wheelchair (also a Ki Rogue) and the hills are the worst...but going down the hill is AWESOME!! The rain does suck, and Texas has a horrible rainy season. Another pro (at my college at least) is that disabled students get priority access to the elevators...I've actually asked people which ones are getting out because I'm not waiting again!! Oh yeah...I started using the wheelchair because of pain/mobility issues, and I'm starting to prefer it because it's easier and less painful!

  • @emmyjantz7319
    @emmyjantz7319 8 лет назад +26

    I'm a kid and I recently broke my hip and I can't walk now. I LOVE being in a wheelchair. I go most places barefoot, everybody opens doors for me and clears paths. I go super fast at school and the teachers don't care. My wheelchair has things on the back of it that people stand on and I can give people rides for 1$ each. Also I can run into people That are annoying me or are mean and then act like it was an accident.

  • @CloverRose
    @CloverRose 7 лет назад +2

    Sports shops usually have good gloves. Ones with Velcro and hand pads with grip

  • @QuelleQuelleMarie
    @QuelleQuelleMarie 10 лет назад +4

    I don't use a wheelchair currently but deal with the oh-so-fun real ness of an Invisible Disability/Illness. Thank you for sharing your sense of humor with us. Running into people's ankles...so funny. But some people absolutely deserve it!

  • @kewlbns69
    @kewlbns69 8 лет назад +7

    i grew up in MA near NH and yea...winters suck. i live in NM now, winter doesn't bother me so much anymore. :)
    the biggest con is stupid people who think being in a wheelchair makes you incapable of very basic things like opening a door or taking an item off a shelf in a store.

    • @kewlbns69
      @kewlbns69 8 лет назад

      +Kewl Beans one pro you missed....the best parking at the mall for christmas shopping. :D

    • @skankytrick
      @skankytrick 8 лет назад

      Yeah right. Those spots are always taken by lazy people who use the placard of an often-lazy relative. I refuse to park in Handicap spots. I leave them for the lazy people. I'm T-10 complete.

  • @jessicab7059
    @jessicab7059 8 лет назад +2

    Yes, I was never comfortable wearing leggings as pants unless I was at home but now I don't feel self-conscious at all! I also have this cute pair of shoes that I could never wear before because they were a little bit too big on me and they would fall off while I was walking, and now I can wear them all of the time with no problem :) The biggest problem that I have in a wheelchair is that my house is not accessible at all! There are even two stairs to get to the bathroom from my room and six stairs to get outside.

  • @tomlee252
    @tomlee252 3 года назад

    I like her sarky sense of humor, proper hand gloves are a must for braking and control, when your disabled, positive attitude is everything, don't forget, when people have to stand for pledge to the flag, and so on, you don't have too

  • @Lisa.274wheels
    @Lisa.274wheels 7 лет назад +1

    For the gloves I use gill sailing gloves helmsman gloves are great for wet cold weather

  • @harleeb.4361
    @harleeb.4361 8 лет назад

    My cup holder on my powerchair has been amazing. At school i keep pencils in it and it's just great. Also, if your chair has the ability, a fannypack is amazing! Like I keep medical supplies and snacks and gum in it

  • @Orthodox.777
    @Orthodox.777 6 лет назад

    I have ms but got one night paralysed but after many efforts i stood on my feet ..this illness can hit me hard and make me paralyse or gives me pains or loose my vision but i'm ok ..with many problems but i can stand on my feet i can walk good i can run too but for a bit not more time becouse i get so freaking tired and pain comes to me ..my legs my arms anything ..or i can't do exercise becouse i easy get tired most of people say that i have nothing on me becouse it doesn't seems on me and many of them misunderstands me and this piss me off for some reason but it's okey those who play it smart will understand one day what is like to have illness and have to avoid things ..well i really wanna say that your smile is precious so keep doing it and what you do is worth it i believe you deserve the best life like every person here ..i just wanted share my experience

  • @longtail4711
    @longtail4711 10 лет назад

    Oh god...I live around Seattle, and rain plus hills/bumps/POTHOLES are such a PITA. Thankfully we don't have to deal with snow all that much, but ice is still an issue.

  • @lorena4371
    @lorena4371 8 лет назад +6

    One other Con about wheelchairs is conversations. If someone is behind you or in front of you it's hard to hear them

    • @kewlbns69
      @kewlbns69 8 лет назад +3

      +Lorena Maxson holy crap! i just thought i was half deaf for years! xD

  • @sphere191
    @sphere191 Год назад

    😂 you have spelled it out so many facts! Thank you for reminding me of the power of the wheels lol😂

  • @GeorgiaGeorgette
    @GeorgiaGeorgette 7 лет назад

    Brilliant video, so helpful. Many thanks.

  • @phoenixmoon5580
    @phoenixmoon5580 7 лет назад

    Whilst wearing boots that had the synthetic leather that was almost like plastic (and several layers of socks underneath them!), with my foot not going over the edge of the footplate, I did stub my toe... I say toe, what I mean is toeS plural AND my toenails of the toes that were stubbed were bent upwards temporarily!). What's more I have had cold feet where I don't feel them since childhood, I disassociate (and that includes body parts as well as the traditional sense, it is so helpful for injections and/or blood draws!), and I had the beginning of the 'nerves having an argument/not talking to each other', numbness, none or weird sensations in limbs starting... that whilst I felt the initial stubbing of toes, I didn't realise that some of the toenails were bent upwards. AND that the toes were stuck where the 'stubbing' had forced them into weird positions (like the nail part down, with the next bit up, then the next bit down, and then it goes up and into the foot) with my little toe doing it's usual trick of being at a right angle away from my foot! I don't get how that happened, because the socks were more tight than loose, and the boots were as narrow as I could get them because my feet are naturally wide.... And people ask me why I don't drive a car! (I couldn't 'drive' a normal standing persons' shopping trolley when physically fit and as compus mentus as my genetics could get, why did I think I could be in control of a self propel wheelchair with mental health conditions, physical conditions, neurological conditions, coordination AND sensory input issues!!! .......People told me to 'change and challenge your automatic thoughts, try to think more positively' in mental health therapy, and this is what happens! I was actually more sane then, than now!!! Hehe!

  • @questionmark8552
    @questionmark8552 7 лет назад +1

    I broke my ankle a few months ago I broke my ankle and I got my grandfathers wheelchair because he refuses to use it it's held now and me and my friend had a race down the school halls and I won and my friend ended up falling face first on the hard marble floor.

  • @felixhenson9926
    @felixhenson9926 8 лет назад +5

    occasional con of the cinema one: sometimes they're a small cinema so they don't have wheelchair seating and you're stuck at the very front contorting your neck into unnatural positions trying to watch the film

    • @chickenpermission2950
      @chickenpermission2950 7 лет назад

      Felix Henson
      The theatre I always go to has the handicap seats in the back, but on occasion when my friends and I go to a different theatre, the handicap seats are in the front and it's super dumb.
      Fix your shit movie theatres

  • @emmajudson5945
    @emmajudson5945 8 лет назад +1

    Oh I hear you.. ankle ramming, also I generate a LOT of static electric charge and its great (if a little painful) to discharge that on assholes who can't hear 'excuse me' and leave their ass in my way...
    I love that after a lifetime of asking people to wait for me, slow up, hang on... I now HURTLE past them and make them walk faster.
    Downhill RULES, move over skater-kids!
    Shoes last me SO much longer and as well as going out in slippers or barefoot, I can buy shoes that are totally impractical and I could never have bought when I was still expected to try and walk/stand!

  • @VulcanOnWheels
    @VulcanOnWheels 9 лет назад +1

    6:20 What wheelchair gloves do you have now?
    7:38 How about moving down to Florida?

  • @kerivandenbosch3375
    @kerivandenbosch3375 9 лет назад

    Love all your video with Bugsie.!
    I've leaned a lot.

  • @linolium4814
    @linolium4814 8 лет назад

    Nice video! 👍
    I'm gonna get my first wheelchair soon and after this video I'm looking forward to it, haha :D
    Greetings from Germany

  • @disneymad7957
    @disneymad7957 6 лет назад +2

    I push a bit fast and my partner calls me a speed demon

  • @Jademsful
    @Jademsful 8 лет назад +2

    Wow so gorgeous and positive ❤️❤️❤️ also You remind me of Julia Roberts!!

  • @mjturner6291
    @mjturner6291 7 лет назад +1

    The wheelchair/disabled seating in UK cinemas is awful 😣 So frustrating. It's just RIGHT at the front, like in front of the front row so you can't even see it and you get a neck+head ache in 10 seconds. Really rubbish

  • @ReyOfLight
    @ReyOfLight 9 лет назад +1

    I'm in Sweden and we don't get to choose color of our wheelchairs unless owning the chair. But most people have their chairs through the region on unlimited loan kind of thing, and the regions may recondition chairs for another user if you need a new chair and the old one is still in good condition, so the regions only really have grey, black, white and blue :/ I want a pink sparkly chair darnit :P
    I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (and follow you on Instagram btw :D I'm bendyjen85 on there) and have been in a wheelchair for about 2.5 years now and love my chair! Like you, I'd literally have no independence if I didn't have my wheelchair! I have a chair called Panthera S2 but am soon to get a lighter chair with a tapered front, likely a Quickie Helium as it's more compact during transport than the Panthera chairs and doesn't require you to remove the side guards to fold the backrest. It's sad to leave Panthera though because I love their chairs, I just think the Helium from Quickie will fit my needs better...
    To me the only downside about being in a wheelchair is that the public space is still pretty inaccessible despite there having been laws about accessibility for many years.

  • @emonucani
    @emonucani 7 лет назад

    Thank you for making this. I've been using mine for almost 2 months and still not very fast yet.

    • @kirstyc7304
      @kirstyc7304 7 лет назад

      AnaSophia Eiseman I have just started to use a wheelchair two weeks ago and still getting the hang of it

  • @eccentricman87
    @eccentricman87 7 лет назад +1

    Awesome, now the next time I amputate someone I can claim I'm doing them a favour!
    Great vid.

  • @timothygreene727
    @timothygreene727 8 лет назад

    Thank you for your encouragement to me

  • @MegaBonzie
    @MegaBonzie 3 года назад

    in a wheelchair you can do wheelies, and pop up wheelies, you can do rollling wheelies, and you can climb and drop of curbs ina wheelie, you can also geta smart drive power assist that gose on the back of your wheeelchair and has a push tracker fit bit watch and you cango 12mph with the smart drive power assist with little to no effort chckout this link
    www.max-mobility.com/ so that you know what imtalking about, one con is that the desert heat, i live in az and my wheelies on my wheelchair get to hot when its to hot outisde the heat sucks as well as the cold sucks

  • @cayleighmusic
    @cayleighmusic 8 лет назад

    Thank you for the video! I might need to use it in the near future, because my legs feel like it needs to rest so much. -_- I'm just not sure how I would be able to use it, because my arms are the weakest part of me, so pushing a wheelchair might be a bit difficult for me.

  • @BlindFox
    @BlindFox 9 лет назад

    I am partly sighted, I have been traveling together with wheelchair users, with they leading me, the only problem is that they sometimes forget that they are leading you and then you have to remind them to drive slower.

  • @landonw46
    @landonw46 6 лет назад

    Ive been in a wheelchair all of my life. I have found that football gloves work well with going out in the rain and cold.

  • @faithmepham2857
    @faithmepham2857 8 лет назад +1

    I have a Harley Davidson sticker on my chair

  • @tigergal25
    @tigergal25 9 лет назад

    I can't risk falling off a curb lol, I have Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Brittle Bone Disease :) I tend to steer (ha, literally) clear of getting close to curbs

  • @eskee1
    @eskee1 5 лет назад +1

    Pros and cons of being in a wheelchair..
    PROS- 0
    CONS-99 PROBLEMS BUT A SEAT AINT 1 NIGGAASSS

  • @semy7847
    @semy7847 10 лет назад

    Are you able to play Minecraft on PC or Xbox? Are you able to get an electric wheelchair? Oh almost forgot if u still want to do exercise u could travel to Washington.Washington has lots of trails that are mainly flat that u might like and it has many pretty views like my Adams and Mt Rainier! Lots of forest in some places and lots of desert in other places. Lots of views on the water too!

  • @erickellogg8532
    @erickellogg8532 11 месяцев назад

    i am in a wheel chair i love this video

  • @ellagreenland7738
    @ellagreenland7738 9 лет назад

    Thanks I'm having a op and will be in a weel chair and I'm worries

  • @alvaroalas2450
    @alvaroalas2450 7 лет назад +1

    roll with that? LOL! i get it because we're in wheelchairs

  • @jacquelinesmith-jackson2815
    @jacquelinesmith-jackson2815 6 лет назад

    Yes
    Your seat is soft but when you want to ride roll coasters at Disney World, since your going to be moving from a soft seat to a hard seat your going to get sores all over your legs and have to go to the hospital.

  • @carenhall2066
    @carenhall2066 8 лет назад

    Sorry, I frequently stub my toes...the idiot who annoyed me was my Yooralla OT...The same one who approved of my new wheelchair that's NOT customized at all.
    As for going fast wherever that only goes for manual wheelchairs. Power chairs in Australia are speed limited to a maximum of 10kmph...the Policeman who clocked my chair at 74km/h had no idea!!

  • @mary5709
    @mary5709 7 лет назад

    The only problem i have is trying to go to the bathroom.Should i get diapers?I don't know if they make them in my size. Should i get catheter?I recently became like this can't even sit up sometimes.

  • @maryellenmcquown3338
    @maryellenmcquown3338 8 лет назад

    thank you for the video

  • @wujiajia5314
    @wujiajia5314 7 лет назад

    I was wondering for those people with broken legs and have their legs straight out in front of them, do the people walking tend to walk into their legs?

  • @sphere191
    @sphere191 8 лет назад

    I love this video

  • @MicaylaRuby
    @MicaylaRuby 7 лет назад

    I know that this video is a bit old. *But* I have POTS/Dystaunomia and recently I had a foot injury and used a chair briefly at school. And I loooved it. Its hard to get around my school since its so big by just walking class to class. I've been thinking a lot about using one on a regular basis so I'm not at risk of passing out as much. But my mom doesn't think I need one, while she is right that in some cases I dont. It'd make life a whole hell of a lot easier. How could I convince her that it'd help me live happier?

    • @Goofy16girl787
      @Goofy16girl787 7 лет назад

      I'm in basically the same boat. After living with chronic pain for years, I've finally decided to get a wheelchair. My dad, like your mom, doesn't think I need it. I suspect the reason people like your mom and my dad think wheelchair users have to be paralyzed is because society has taught them that we need to be. Talk to your mom and tell her the reasons you know a wheelchair will benefit you and show her videos like this, which show her that people who use wheelchairs don't always use them because they're paralyzed. If nothing else, ask her if she would rather you injure yourself or worse because you're not using any mobility device. Good luck!

    • @overcomingfrankie30
      @overcomingfrankie30 6 лет назад

      Me too!! Difficult evening wih my parents they're not happy about the idea. I'd only use it for flares or long days but at the moment I don't go out for more than about an hour because it's just too much!

    • @emiliesmith5032
      @emiliesmith5032 6 лет назад

      Overcoming Frankie I also have POTS and HSD and I kept falling a lot, so I'm getting a custom wc sometime this week. We had to pay out of pocket for it because my doctors just feel as though I have no quality of life not walking, when in reality when I was walking I was stuck at home all day.

  • @mrmaxanthony
    @mrmaxanthony 8 лет назад

    What cushion do you have? I'm looking to get a new one, mine does not make my butt feel good....

  • @margolin89
    @margolin89 6 лет назад

    I am new to being in a wheelchair I had my gallbladder removed April 14th I woke up unable to walk I am 28yrs currently in a nursing home because I can't find a wheelchair accessible house:(

    • @Orthodox.777
      @Orthodox.777 6 лет назад

      Angela Margolin ..i'm so sorry..I really feel sorry ...

    • @Orthodox.777
      @Orthodox.777 6 лет назад

      I hope now you found what you need ..God bless you

    • @margolin89
      @margolin89 6 лет назад

      Thank you I am still wheelchair bound and unable to walk I just have to put it in my heart that I won't walk again it's almost been a year and nothing they gave up on me

    • @Orthodox.777
      @Orthodox.777 6 лет назад

      i know you are strong ...keep fighting ..i wish the best for you and one day i wish you could walk again..becouse nothing is impossible =) life need fighters

  • @EsotericWizard
    @EsotericWizard 8 лет назад

    Your only 4'11"!?!
    Lucky!
    I am tall, and sometimes it is awkward

    • @leerfarmer
      @leerfarmer 8 лет назад

      Have you tried a negative cam shaft of about 2" or more as this well give you more stability on the ground.

    • @KarmaMan82
      @KarmaMan82 6 лет назад

      How tall are you?

  • @buyukayaksedat301
    @buyukayaksedat301 8 лет назад

    aferim sana çok güzel konuşuyorsun bebegim

  • @semy7847
    @semy7847 10 лет назад

    Couldn't u go on old train track roads?

  • @GothWithAGoldenRetriever
    @GothWithAGoldenRetriever 7 лет назад

    what kind or gloves do you use?

  • @jamiesingleton2844
    @jamiesingleton2844 7 лет назад

    What kind of cushion do you have?

  • @jessicaxx9766
    @jessicaxx9766 8 лет назад +2

    Thanks for this, I'm getting a wheelchair tomorrow. I'm not gonna be in it forever - (I hope) I have something wrong with my lower spine.----- I'm 13

  • @MyCatlover101
    @MyCatlover101 10 лет назад

    Omg guess what! I'm only 4'10" and I'm 18.

  • @kalyagoerge51
    @kalyagoerge51 9 лет назад

    You get a ramp instead of stairs

  • @meenik6489
    @meenik6489 6 лет назад

    I buy my shoes from aliexpres because they are verry cheap. They are low quality but look great so who cares. You won't walk on them anyway.

  • @katthedog8629
    @katthedog8629 8 лет назад

    If you dont mind me asking , why do you need a wheele chair ? ehat disability do you have ? im very curious!

    • @Birdnerd1968
      @Birdnerd1968 7 лет назад

      wolfgirl - she's got/had traumatic brain injury (injuries?). A few of her other videos go into it in more detail. It's been a few years since I've watched the videos explaining things, so I can't remember more than that and I don't want to say something false.

  • @urfren6510
    @urfren6510 5 лет назад

    IM GONNA WEAR SOCKS FROM NOW ON AND SEE WHAT MY SCHOOL SAYS ABOUT IT

  • @GK-wn6gi
    @GK-wn6gi 9 лет назад

    Here´s another pro: Your feet are supersoft without any special care.

  • @Gingersnap27239
    @Gingersnap27239 10 лет назад

    How old are you? do not mean to be rude

  • @iamkyleclimer
    @iamkyleclimer 8 лет назад +2

    People jokingly say slow down all the time and it's pretty annoying tbh.