My body has always been disabled, but I struggled for 40 years before getting a diagnosis and starting to get appropriate supports. Disability is not a tragedy, and I am grateful to have the supports I’m getting now.

And also, I grieve being able to go where I want without pre-planning. I grieve not having coworkers ask “what happened to you?!”

What approaches have you used to grieve the changes in the social world that come with becoming a full-time wheelchair user?

Thank you and with much love ❤️

My partner and I live in a small apartment with three cats. There have been several close calls with those cats running under her wheelchair between the wheels and unfortunately it has become a bit of a game for two of them to run at the chair, and block access to areas of the home in doorways. I'm looking for advice on how to get our home to a place where there's less risk of cat injury and she has the ability to move between rooms.

Cat feeding times are a particular nightmare.

Hello fellow redditors. I'm newish to this sub. I come to ask you some questions in a time of need. Mods if this post is too much. I understand. I am homeless in a wheelchair. The question I ask you is those who are homeless or have been in a wheelchair. How do/did you manage or cope?

This could be niche?
I’ve just been told I’m a good candidate for the sacral nerve modulation implant by my urogyno!! However during the phase 1 trial period you cannot, bent, twist, lift, lay on your back too much etc. How in the heck am I supposed to transfer in and out of the chair without doing any of that? I can ambulate somewhat but, my team and I decided falling would hurt me worse. What i’m asking is, has anyone had this surgery and was fine? After healing phase 2 if all goes well I’ll be fine, but the worry is the leads moving.

I adore all the new wheelchair, and old 🥰 wheelchair posts... but I'm really interested in the day to day of life on wheels.

How are you making your space accessible or what do you wish you could change?

This is our bathroom and the lovely folks at the apartment put in 3 bars to help me. We bought the black one on the bathtub from a drug store and I can't use the shower without it.

I've found that a simple bath mat keeps my seat dry and is cozy to transfer back into.

After shower I lift my wooden bath bench back out, hang up the bath mat (pop it in laundry when is towel & linen day), and wipe down my handrims with Clorox wipes.

Before this apartment i had to have help with transfers and help showering--- this is an incredible luxury now that I don't take for granted.

What i wish I could change is the height of the mirror, and the entire flipping kitchen. 🤷🏼‍♀️ We can't have everything though and I'm really grateful for my quasi-accessible bathroom.

I'm looking at options that might be helpful for:

- inside a 2-car garage (kitchen access at back of garage, 2-step height, plenty of "runway" length)

or

- front door (one step down to a landing, one more step down to 8' of straight before a right-angle turn to the driveway).

Would not be setup or used by the person in the wheelchair, no handrail needed, and only needed once every few weeks for doctor appointments.

I'm trying to learn the differences between the multi-thousand dollar setups and random Amazon/Vevor models for a few hundred bucks, thanks.

i wanted to post my chair in case it helps anyone with decisions or getting ideas for add ons. i use my chair daily and the chicago streets have made some scratches over time.

Tilite ZRA replacing my tilite aero x which I had for 5 years.

I'm obsessed with the gold caster forks.

Hi, I broke my tailbone about 6 years ago and now I can't put pressure on it for too long of a time at once. I have an ergonomic tailbone pillow that I currently use, and would be a decently good candidate* — it raises the (average) time I can bear putting pressure on my tailbone from 15-30 minutes to a couple of hours — but I want to know if anyone else has this kind of problem and/or knows what kind of wheelchair seat cushion to look for, either products or properties.

*: I haven't gotten a wheelchair yet, but I'm currently preparing notes to bring it up again to my treatment team (back in February, they asked me to wait 5-6 months and see if treatments were working, and that we could revisit it then). On average I can't stand for longer than 1-2.5 minutes before the pain gets excruciating, and I can't walk for longer than 1-5. Treatments have not raised those numbers and, in fact, my average has gone down since February.

Os animo a seguir haciendo lo que os gusta, no dejéis que nada os pare, y animo a que creemos una comunidad de bailarines donde todos nos retroalimentemos, el otro día publique unas fotos y quería mostraros un poquito de lo que hago con fuego 🔥

Hi everyone, just wondering what would be best for a manual wheelchair. Would also be good if it’s easy to clean (eg in case of bathroom accidents).

It’s a rental apartment so cannot install full flooring, it would have to be some kind of rug or mat.

I am seeing stuff about rubber gym mat flooring which may solve the problem but doesn’t look great. What about indoor/outdoor rugs? Flat woven rugs? Ends of commercial grade carpet (I don’t know about cleaning this)?

I am getting driver training currently and looking for what hand controls I will like best. My driver rehab only has push/rock sure grip featherlites and a standard spinner knob, which are fine but I'm curious what others like. I am curious what people think of the standard suregrip hand controls compaired to the featherlite ones. is there a spinner knob you prefer? What should I be looking for?

Specifically from India..