Three Day Wheelchair Challenge - Documentary
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Most people would think that being in a wheelchair for three days would be difficult. We initially think of the physical but this challenge deals with mental and emotional challenges as well. This short documentary created for my senior project had some expected and unexpected results.
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As a wheelchair user, I wish this would be a mandatory part of architecture training, a required section without which one cannot graduate as an architect. Even for other disabled students to study the module even if the wheelchair segment or another isn't feasible for them, as an example, even manual wheelchair users need to learn what us power hair users can't do (like wheelies over obstacles), and visual impairments, sensory processing impairments etc.
Sometimes I wonder about that! I use a manual chair and I can go up and down little steps, bur sometimes I see places and obstacles that I can deal with but I think "I can, but not anyone can! With a power chair, or with a manual but with a disability that have more limitations than mine. All places ought to be accessible for everyone, not only for some disabilities or even for none"
I think all architect students, engineers, city planners, etc. should have to spend at least a week in a wheelchair, trying not to use their legs, as part of their studies. This way they could get a better prospective on why the ADA laws are written the way they are and how to make things better than the minimum the ADA laws require!
This shoudl although account politics and rule makers.
Oh absolutely, im a new part time wheelchair user because of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, I always knew my area wasn't great for accessibility(my neighborhood is built on a pretty steep hill) but it's worse than I expected. Dropped curbs with parking spots in front of them, narrow or heavy doors, tall aisles in grocery stores
Oh yea, absolutely!
Couldn’t agree more! 🇦🇺👍🏾
Nailed it 100 percent agree
I've always wanted to try being in a wheelchair for this exact reason. Just seeing for myself what things are more difficult so I can be more aware and better prepared, and not just wheelchairs, I also like to do little challenges by myself like trying to only use one arm for a day, trying to get around my house with my eyes closed and trying to do tasks and stuff like that, and honestly it actually does help me to understand how I can accommodate and be more aware of what difficulties ppl face so that I can help where it's needed without interfering in their independence. It helps me understand how to interact with ppl who face different difficulties in life than I do
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My roommate and I did a similar challenge while she was studying for her masters in special education. The assignment was to pick a disability then do a whole work day as if you really had that disability. Since my roommate was already a teacher in a classroom with students who had severe disabilities and fragile health they decided it would be unsafe for her to do the assignment at work.
Instead her teacher assigned her to go on a normal girls shopping trip at the mall using a wheelchair. We borrowed one from the mall (left a cell number in case someone needed the chair).
It was so frustrating to try to move around the stores with narrow aisles, displays in the walkways and empty racks meaning bars were sticking out right at her eye level.
We also learned that just because something is ADA compliant doesn't mean that it is actually accessible in a practical manner. The bathrooms were a nightmare.
People would talk to me even if my roommate asked the question. And they would either not notice they were in her way or practically run to get out of the way when they were no where near her.
We did this experiment about 14 years ago. The ironic thing is that I now have to use a walker due to a worsening genetic condition and things are not much better than they were 14 years ago.
Wow!
@Brenda I am currently trying to get through to corporate of a local pet store because they have freestanding display racks basically blocking the cash registers. It would be almost impossible to navigate a wheelchair past them to check out. So frustrating.
I been using a wheelchair about 4 years
The only place I go is to Doctor appointments. My husband pushes me in my manual wheelchair and it’s wearing out already. I guess that’s what you get when you buy a 120.00 wheelchair. I would like to have a power wheelchair maybe a air hawk that way my husband can fold it up and it it in the car. Other wise we would have to get a van with a lift. That would cost to much money we don’t have. I would like some freedom to do things on my own.
Hello Joan
How are you doing today?
You can never know what it's like to be in a Wheelchair, if you are not a Wheelchair user. The ones that are doing this challenge know that it is temporary. However, it isn't temporary for a real Wheelchair user. Signed: Wheelchair user.
The chair is NOT the hardest of being paralyzed!
What is?
@Joe Huerta falling out your wheelchair not able to get back into it, when people abuse the public toilets, relationships, discrimenation, poor access, bladder issues the list is quite endless and as you get older it really does get harder, I been a wheelchair user for over 45 years, in my early years it wasn't too bad, I had 3 children, jobs, etc but now age 50 wow I now realising that I am different and that my disability is hard at times ... but hey there is someone always worse off and I am proud of what I've achieved, just wish You tube was around in my early days.
I have two broken legs right now and I'm non weight bearing and the worst is using the bathroom in a bed pan its the most humiliating thing I've ever gone thru.
@@Ladyonwheels-vi6ch I admire you I cant even do this 6 weeks
The other trouble is that the participants knew there was a defined end to the experiment. We don't hsve that luxury. And it's different if you're on campus with people you know. They should have tried to apply for jobs and hidden that they were at university. Most Disabled people of my generation (born late 1960s) in the UK had few civil rights, and few got to go to mainstream school, never mind attending university. Consequently many of us are unemployed.
I agree it is difficult to show all of what it is really like. At this school there is a wheelchair challenge that only last three hours. Students really don't learn much from that. We had to do something that can give them a true better understanding and three days let them experience a lot more. Thank you for the ideas! I will see what we can do to continue to enhance the experience.
You make a good point, but I think 3 days is a good snapshot of what life could be like. I've been a chair user for about 3 years now and the first few months were quite similar to this experiment. It took me ages to get around and I had no strength, but now, I'm completely independent again.
I know what you mean about lack of employment as well. I'm only 24 and I've had great difficulty in securing stable employment. I've been to university and got my degree and I'm heading back this September to do my Masters. I'm hoping that the career path I follow will allow me to have just that - a career, rather than a job.
I also think disabled people in the UK and worldwide should have a civil rights movement like in the 60's. In discussions of equality, disabled people are almost always left out and that angers me...
@@TrendyyWendyy physical barriers are often mentioned, but some other problems people with disablities face are got forgotten.
@@TrendyyWendyy hello
It takes a tremendous amount of skill. It is difficult learning to operate a wheelchair. It looks easy but it is not. Any one that says it’s easy is a total liar. You have to learn and as time goes on you’ll become an expert. I suggest don’t quit keep going.
I am a nursing student and we did a wheelchair project where we try to go around the city in the wheelchair. What all these students said is very true! People stared at you all the time with probably question you‘re so young, what‘s happened to you, but people are also very nice helping us. It felt so weird when I feel the urge of moving my legs, but I am not allowed to or it‘s very hard to use my arms rolling the chair around and feel guilty for being very slow that it could frustrate some people or caused the delays of the train or bus. At the end of the day I am very thankful for what I have. I am very happy that I could still get up from that chair. This helps me understand people who needs wheelchair more and it‘s really opened up the new world for me.
I think and suggest that challenges like this can be added to curriculums so that students can better understand and develop sympathy if possible for others who have the challenge or disability. This is quite interesting.Thank Cesar.
Powerful video! I remember my own inner journey as a wheelchair user, in the beginning I struggled a lot with how different people all of a sudden treated me. Now 7 years later I have a lot more self-confidence and I don't care that people stare. I know that it's not ME the person they're staring at, they're just staring because they're seeing a wheelchair.
I get the stares a lot also. However, I just smile at them and say, "Hello." And they move on. 😂
While architectural things like street cambers (which I hate) are definitley things that are a struggle, the biggest thing that we’re a struggle was getting the chair itself. There’s HUGE barriers both from insurance companies and the cost of the tools themselves. It took me 8 months to be able to get my chair, and only after I fundraised because insurance not only didn’t want to pay for the chair I needed (I’m not paralyzed so they didn’t want to pay for a custom chair despite my joint issues and what the dr said I actually needed) but they also said they wouldn’t cover anything until my $2000 deductible was paid.
I finally have my chair now, but I still have to wait a year before even applying for a power assist that my doctor says I need, and it’s not like I can pay for it out of pocket because they cost like $6000. It’s all extremely inaccessible and way more of a difficult process than it has to be.
Hello
I'm disabled and in a wheelchair. I was able to walk until 3 years ago. Life is different now. I do see how people treat you differently. It took time and I make the best of it and smile. Please everyone in a wheelchair be strong life is short. Live laugh and love and find happiness.
check out Wheels2walking youtube channel
i've learnt so much about wheelchair users as a walker
Does your disability have anything to do with your Colon?
Thank you for taking the challenge. Most people would be afraid. I know you learned a lot.
Every person should see this film.
Thank you for this wonderful, kind and humbling story. I spent 2 and a half years volunteering for elderly people to use scooters, maintain them and deliver it to them and it was very rewarding, to go shopping with them and listen to them. This was beautiful to see. I want to do more.
A very well done film that really makes one think about the difficulty of navigating through life in a wheelchair. I sprained my ankle so badly once I was partially in a wheelchair for 3 months and that was tough. I found myself drinking less as I didn't want to have to go to the bathroom often. The wheelchair tore up the doorway into the bathroom and it was painful getting in and out of the wheelchair. Thankyou for documenting this and bringing attention to it!
Now, I'm not trying to be disrespectful in any way. However, it isn't like your experience at all, for "real" Wheelchair users. We don't limit our food or drinking so that we don't have to use the Bathroom as much. We don't tear up the Doorways when we enter a Room, and when we transfer in and out of your Wheelchairs, we are not in pain. You only experienced this, because you only had to use a Wheelchair for 3 months, so you weren't used to it. I am glad that you are okay now, though.
I know the feeling I’m 14 and I’ve been unable to walk since I was 4 but this was truly inspiring
I really enjoyed your documentary.
This is such an amazing video! Thanks ❤️
I love this so much. I’m getting a wheelchair but it’s not being wheelchair bound but for my bad days. These tools to help the people with disabilities are amazing I am very grateful for all of mine and even semi able bodied people need these tools to have freedom.
Hi, thank you for sharing this awesome story. I am a student in the US and now doing a product design project for universal design. Wheelchair users inspired my project. this video gives me so many design ideas. Through my UD project, wheelchair users will help other people to use some products more efficiently, easily, and more pleasantfull
y. Thank you again for this video.
It's a truly inspiring story I'm a man that's been paralyzed 21 years
Hello
Hi Cesar. I liked your video of this challenge for the students in that class. I'm a senior citizen, and because of severe arthritis I'm pretty much wheelchair bound now. I can still stand and walk short distances, but the steps I take are very painful. I've only been using my chair for a little over a year and a half, so I'm still learning how to use it. I think I'm doing pretty good. It is a daily challenge in some places that I go to just get around. Like the students, I see how people look at me, but I've developed a pretty thick skin over the years. I did use those power chairs at grocery stores for a couple years prior to getting my own chair. I don't really see myself as handicapped, I just have some challenges that need to be met and overcome. Thank you for your video, and take care.
I added you to my Playlist of able -body people using wheelchairs - discovering our world by rolling WITH us.
THANK YOU
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Awesome video man! I just recently got a new power chair myself! Great idea
One of the hardest things about being in a wheelchair is going to the bathroom and the second thing is taking a shower. The third thing is getting dressed. Any fool that says it’s easy is a total liar. I’m sorry to say as time goes on it gets harder when you have injuries and as you age. My advice is have a good support system and people that come to fellowship with you. Anyone that’s going to say something negative or opposite about what I’m saying, please just keep your comments to yourself I know what I’m talking about. Sadly one day you will too if you’re in a wheelchair.
You're right is not easy I hate going to handicap stall in a store and finding some able body jerk using it as a changing room
debra seiber I know how you feel I agree with you. Unfortunately people don’t exercise wisdom. One day that person will be handicapped in some way. Then they’ll realize the mistake they made when they didn’t need to use the handicap bathroom. God bless you and give you strength. Don’t let people who are inconsiderate or cruel stop you from having a happy life. Do your best to educate others with kindness and compassion about your self and your disability and what your needs are. Remember you don’t have to answer any questions you don’t want to.
I am partially wheelchair-bound because of my cerebral palsy so not in a wheelchair full-time, but when I am It's hard to do stuff (but easier on my leg muscles than walking)
@Joe Huerta no need to compare pain, the thing they are simply challenging themselves to do is not to use their legs for 72 hours. I have cerebral palsy, I can move my legs but like this comment said, it fuckin hurts. So yeah, we on the harsher end of CP can't walk and use our legs, much like paralyzed people. Not the same but similar. And you can't compare CP to being paralyzed, you dont know what having CP feels like, and you dont know what being paralyzed feels like (i don't know what you have).
Awesome video 💕 💕💕
This is a really powerful video! I like the emphasis on treating people in wheelchairs like normal! don't give them weird looks or anything like that. Focus on treating them like a normal person. And don't be afraid to help them out when they need it! you would want the help if you were in that situation!
Wonderfully done video!
It should not be a radical thought that we are normal people.
***able-bodied
we are still people.
this is a bit wierd to me. u just arent going to have the same reaction to a wheelchair if you don't need one. if you are paralyzed or use one sometimes for other reasons it is giving you independence and makes you more able to do things. if you are ablebodied then it IS restricing
This actually make me cry.. i feel for wheelie people for their struggling..
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I've suffered from gout, a form of arthritis that is extremely painful, for over 20 years, and during an attack, I have no choice but to use a wheelchair at home. Easy things like going to the bathroom, washing dishes, cooking...etc. becomes very difficult. Being in a wheelchair for 5-10 days is an eye-opening humbling experience.
Do you take Medication?
@@irenedavo3768 Yes, I am on 400mg of allopurinol daily. This controls my uric acid level and allows me to drink alcohol without triggering gout. When I say drink alcohol, I mean a maximum of six beers but I only drink for special occasions.
Looks great!!!
love this!!!
Hello Laura
How are you doing today?
I get those stares in the grocery store or Obstacles in buildings as well. Trying to find a elevators. Just recently I went into a gas station to get a drink . I couldn’t get the drinks in the Cooler. I miss doing pop willies, Leaning against the building. I tried to find people to experience being in a wheelchair but called ability. This was a good video. To teach other people. We are people to but just in a different situations. 🤩😬😧🙂
I had to learn to adapt to life in a powerchair after my peripheral nerves were damages. Nobody helped me or taught me. I watched UA-cam tutorials. Now, I am facing ileostomy surgery and my panic and anxiety have gone through the roof. The GPs don't seem to want to know. I live on my own and am very much on my own with all my problems.
I think this video would make for a great education for abled body Americans. As a disabled American it sucks seeing things being inaccessible for those who need accessibility. I have a service dog and soon an ambulatory wheelchair user.
This video is inspired me
Superb..
My motto is: I can do everything you can do, I just do it sitting down. 🤣🤣🤣
I'm hoping that more cities they should make this types of challenges😀😊
I actually think that experiments like this make people think that being a Wheelchair user is hard, because if it wasn't, then they wouldn't have to do these types of experiments. It would be just like another form of life for people. I hope what I'm trying to say makes sense. The only difference in us is that you are on your Feet, and we are in our Wheelchairs. We can still do everything that an "able-bodied" person can do, we just do it sitting down!
This!!! It isnt hard when you are used to it,it is our normal.
I still support these types of challenges for future arcitekts etc.
I have a Rollator that I can use on my daily basis and I have a cane that I use for everyday use, but I do use a Wheelchair for the church service because my church is a pretty big building and I have EDD and possibly POTS and I get lightheaded and my heart rate goes high and I also would be in extreme pain and unable to focus on the sermon or service because of my pain and other symptoms. I can get into the sanctuary easy in a wheelchair but the bathroom is a challenge, they have a ADA bathroom stall, but getting in the bathroom as a whole is needing work done to make it easier for people to get in and out of there.
I think it was an awesome challenge.
May be this is a good experiment , people take it positively . I am a Quadriplegic c6 complete.
I had to do this challenge for a few months out os every year or ever other year do to my condition
I'm about to become a part time wheelchair user, and I'm in an apartment that is NOT disability friendly or accessible in any way. So I'm going to have to have my husband carry my wheelchair up the stairs and over curbs for me so I can use it. I can't use it to get in or out.
I have not been in a wheelchair my life but I can some what relate. I have knee dislocations by genetics and I am on crutches for life to help me walk. I get so many stares when walking on crutches and even teenagers laugh thinking its funny when its not.
When I get on the bus some people just laugh and stare and not let me sit on the seats for disabled people so I end up standing up in pain on crutches. Sometimes very kind people let me sit on their seat and help me to sit. But most of the time I get so many stares and laughs when its not funny, how would they like it if this was them suffering in a wheelchair or on crutches and people laughing at them. They would not like it so what gives them the right to do this to us.
Kimberley Louise Ling Those people that are laughing at you are trash. Also, it sounds like you need to stick up for yourself and not allow people to get away with treating you that way.
@@Tat2Dragons Thats the thing I find it difficult to stick up for myself as I have lack in confidence in myself. I was on crutches and now my health has got worse I am now in a wheelchair to help me get out and about as any walking I do I get pain in my ribs which are painful and my knee has come out so many times that being on crutches has not helped me at all. Being in a wheelchair has helped me a lot. But last week when I was outside just because I am a bigger person some teenager shouted out 'fatty bum' to me just because my bottom was showing a bit through a gap in the wheelchair. I have lost weight since then but that was difficult for me to stand up to myself as I have lack in confidence. Yes the comment he said did hurt me but I just chose to ignore it and to not sink down to his level.
Kimberley Louise Ling Sorry to hear that. Although it’s good to hear that using a wheelchair has helped you to get out. Hopefully you will be able to gain more confidence in the future and not allow others to treat you with such disrespect. Personally I don’t think ignoring someone that has disrespected you as sinking down to their level. Those people need to be called out and put in their place for treating anyone that way. Just remember, we teach people how to treat us.
@@Tat2Dragons that's true
I lost my ability to walk about a week and a half ago. Im going to be getting a custom power chair.
Camden committed the first faux pas by using the H-word to describe an accessible toilet.
How about you don’t know what you love until you loose it, love doing everything for yourself, wait until you can’t do anything for yourself see what you want back.
“It’s a good weekend to do it” so this is stupid because they only had to do it for a weekend Try doing it a month, try doing it for six months. Try going outside of campus. Try traveling. Try living an actual normal life.
It's not stupid. It was only meant to give them a small taste of what it is like. Telling someone who has no physical disabilities to live their life in a wheelchair long term is torture. It is terrible for their mental and physical health.
I am a life long wheelchair user myself.
This just shows a negative view of chair users... the dude crying because he couldn’t get milk out of the fridge or help with dishes. I’m a mom of two, military wife and I run a farm. I run the farm and raise those kids by myself at least 50% of the year because my husband is deployed.
You can either be disabled or adaptable. I chose the latter. Do the damn dishes.
Katie Muller wait a minute.. are you saying this guy should’ve gone into the kitchen and get the milk and do the dishes?! If so, I don’t think you understand what it is like to be in a chair. The world is not made for people in a chair, you’re at a level where EVERYTHING is too high, just imagine having the countertop of the kitchen at around 165cm (about 5”6). You would have your arms up the whole time and you won’t be able to grab a single dish out of the sink. Most houses cannot even be entered in a chair, nothing is more frustrating than being stranded somewhere and not being able to get out. People stare at you all the time and when they do talk to you they treat you like you have the mental capacity of 6 year old. It’s horrible enough that most things are just not made for you anymore, but it’s even worse when people assume that you can still do everything the same way they can, everything takes at least twice the amount of energy and creativity. And people being a negative Nancy about it all won’t change a single thing
Reny Putman dude, look at my profile photo. I’m a quadriplegic
@@katiejean5879 sorry! I thought you were one of those insensitive people, I didn't notice the profile pic. Kudos to you for running a family and a farm! That can't be easy
Reny Putman you just find a way and make no excuses. 💁🏼♀️
@@katiejean5879 don't compare your disability to others. I'm a paraplegic and I agree, get adapted. But, some people can't adapt as well as others. They might not be able to lift a finger.
If you want to see what a determined person who lost both his legs can do look up billy whizz aka Billy Monger
As someone who has Cerebral Palsy urinals drive me batty. lol Just goes with the territory.
Let me in society! Access us to living. Need family room bathrooms for travel. I would talk to engineers and give them the challenge, working with people in mobility chairs to solve our access. Disability is created by society that doesn’t allow us in.
I love this so much... I’ve been in a wheelchair for 19 years. People look at me and think I can’t do what they can do. I get judged everyday. In the stores people always look and stare. I’ve learned that there just curious. They want to know why I’m in a chair and how I got there. If you guys want to know my story please let me know
Don't mind the little kids staring they're just curious but older kids and adults just rude
I’m disabled and only use a urinal in the morning. Also I can use my legs
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I can’t do what my 7 yr old son does everyday
Everyone has their own handicap. We should stop pushing differences and concentrate on our similarities and abilities.
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Hi my name is Ben collins I'm 20 years old and I'm in a wheelchair and I've ben in a wheelchair for 8 years now and I can't walk or do anything I'm in my wheelchair all day long
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9:00 what the hell does someone not driving a Ferrari have to do with it? That makes absolutely no sense at all. If you don't judge me for saying that, I wont judge you for not reciting the entire constitution.
penelopepurr she was saying if you don’t judge me for how I get around (in a wheelchair) she won’t judge you for how you do (not in a Ferrari) it was basically just I won’t judge you so don’t judge me
Just ask us disabled people instead then your not taking away mobitity aids
When restaurants have real narrow doors I nic the f out of them.