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Ask A Wheeler - Disability Q&A and more: August 2012
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Aug 1, 2012. Questions: Where do they come from? From Vancouver, British Columbia asks:. Do different groups of people ask you different types of questions in public? As a matter of fact, they do. On the surface this sounds like a simple question with a simple and obvious answer. I find the answer to be a lot more complex than people may realize. I'm going to divide the answer into several distinct groups that I notice, and elaborate on each of them. 1 People who are elderly. Some also ask for their frie...
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Ask A Wheeler - Disability Q&A and more: March 2012
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Mar 22, 2012. I am sitting at Vancouver airport as I write this, filling out a questionnaire for a video that I will be helping out with for British Columbia's tourism and hospitality industry in nearby Victoria. One of the questions asked is a very good one. Tourism British Columbia from Victoria, British Columbia asks:. What issues do you have when it comes to accommodations such as hotels? For example, I know someone who was told that the hotel room he wanted was recently renovated to become fully whe...
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Ask A Wheeler - Disability Q&A and more: Questions: Where do they come from?
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Aug 1, 2012. Questions: Where do they come from? From Vancouver, British Columbia asks:. Do different groups of people ask you different types of questions in public? As a matter of fact, they do. On the surface this sounds like a simple question with a simple and obvious answer. I find the answer to be a lot more complex than people may realize. I'm going to divide the answer into several distinct groups that I notice, and elaborate on each of them. 1 People who are elderly. Some also ask for their frie...
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Ask A Wheeler - Disability Q&A and more: Helping people in wheelchairs
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Jun 3, 2012. Helping people in wheelchairs. Larry from Rowland Heights, California asks:. Where I work, there is a guy in a wheelchair. Every time I help him open the door, he looks annoyed with me. What am I doing wrong/incorrectly? This one is pretty simple. I am sure he is annoyed because you were helping him without asking. In addition, by helping him with something that he can do, you are also inadvertently highlighting his disability or drawing attention to it. However, if he accepts your help, the...
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Ask A Wheeler - Disability Q&A and more: June 2012
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Jun 3, 2012. Helping people in wheelchairs. Larry from Rowland Heights, California asks:. Where I work, there is a guy in a wheelchair. Every time I help him open the door, he looks annoyed with me. What am I doing wrong/incorrectly? This one is pretty simple. I am sure he is annoyed because you were helping him without asking. In addition, by helping him with something that he can do, you are also inadvertently highlighting his disability or drawing attention to it. However, if he accepts your help, the...
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Priority Seating - Discussing accessible public transit.: June 2011
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Thursday, June 9, 2011. Access Awareness Day, bus stop accessibility. This is almost a double-post; the first part will talk about Access Awareness Day, after which I will segway into accessibility of bus stops. This past Saturday, June 4 was TransLink's Access Awareness Day. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the festivities on Saturday due to a sledge hockey lesson (in which I managed to destroy part of the ice by digging a 2-cm rut into it - oops! After meeting some TransLink and Coast Mountain Bus ...
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Priority Seating - Discussing accessible public transit.: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Strapped in and ready to rock. When taking a bus, one of the most interesting things that I notice is how others hook up or strap down their wheelchairs. It seems like everyone has their own method or preferred hooking up/strapping down method. I apologize for the craptastic art. Instead of seeking a single universal answer, it may be helpful to think about where is a "good" place to place the wheelchair restraints and where is a "bad" place to do it. In addition, wheels can b...
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Priority Seating - Discussing accessible public transit.: July 2012
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Sunday, July 8, 2012. Improving safety on buses for wheelchair users. Warning: There is a lot of technical bus-speak (jargon) in this entry. If you don't know your bus manufacturers and models. well, good luck to you. Recently there was a survey about wheelchair access on buses. In particular, it was asking about what can be done for buses to make them safer for wheelchair users. The results of the study are meant to guide bus manufacturers in future designs. Near the end of the study, it asked for the p...
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Priority Seating - Discussing accessible public transit.: December 2011
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Since the last two blog entries were on the negative side, I'm going to take on a lighter tone today. Quite often, there are some things that happen on public transit to me as a wheelchair user that are both ridiculous and funny – and sometimes it is hard to believe some people can be so clueless. One such thing happened to me a few days ago. Apparently some people think even simpler than that. This was not the first time experiencing something like this. Though extremely.
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Ask A Wheeler - Disability Q&A and more: What are we called, exactly?
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Mar 13, 2012. What are we called, exactly? Tammy from Manchester, England asks:. If I see someone in a wheelchair/cane/etc., should I call him/her? The person's name always helps. But with that aside, that is a good question. There have been many words used in the past to describe people with disabilities. Just like many other civil rights movements, the words have evolved over time according to the sensitivities and perceived appropriateness of each generation. The reason for this is that there is a mov...
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