I use a wheelchair for exercise. So far, I can still get around somewhat on my feet (though certainly not far or fast). But I'm tired of getting no cardio workouts pretty much ever, so I have a hand-me-down chair and am slowly strengthening my arms / upper back / the calluses on my hands. When those get good enough I can get my heart rate up, I hope I hope. Already I can move much faster in the chair than on foot!
I'm getting a lot more respect for the physical abilities of people who move around in wheelchairs all the time. This thing is not as easy to control as some folks make it look! For one thing, it randomly turns downhill all the time, with total disregard for where I *wanted* to go.
I suspect my vocabulary needs are a little different than many people's, because a) I might get away with more silliness and imperfect respect when I'm talking about me, and b) ideally I'd like the vocab to *distinguish* when I'm limping on feet and when I'm moving in the wheelchair. Of course, I'd like to avoid giving the impression that my silly words are how I think of others.
Anyway, this is a great education not only in what options I have for my own vocab but in what I should say when speaking of other people. I really like the concept of acknowledging the person first.
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I use a wheelchair for exercise. So far, I can still get around somewhat on my feet (though certainly not far or fast). But I'm tired of getting no cardio workouts pretty much ever, so I have a hand-me-down chair and am slowly strengthening my arms / upper back / the calluses on my hands. When those get good enough I can get my heart rate up, I hope I hope. Already I can move much faster in the chair than on foot!
I'm getting a lot more respect for the physical abilities of people who move around in wheelchairs all the time. This thing is not as easy to control as some folks make it look! For one thing, it randomly turns downhill all the time, with total disregard for where I *wanted* to go.
I suspect my vocabulary needs are a little different than many people's, because a) I might get away with more silliness and imperfect respect when I'm talking about me, and b) ideally I'd like the vocab to *distinguish* when I'm limping on feet and when I'm moving in the wheelchair. Of course, I'd like to avoid giving the impression that my silly words are how I think of others.
Anyway, this is a great education not only in what options I have for my own vocab but in what I should say when speaking of other people. I really like the concept of acknowledging the person first.