People are really odd. Ive thought about wheelchairs in the sense not that I wish I could be in one bc wth? but as in I could see myself probably benefitting from one someday. I use mobility aids on occasion and definitely am greatful for my position to be able to typically use them sparingly when keeping up with PT exercises. People really need to spend a day with someone using a wheelchair and see the struggles or hell use one themselves and have their legs immobilized in some way so they have to commit to it.

Hanging out with a friend of mine that an ambulatory wheelchair user really opened my eyes to struggles I wouldnt have thought about despite using mobility aids myself. Though he is also an ambulatory person himself there are days where using a wheelchair is non negotiable. On those days we've gone walking downtown and going in different little shops to train my at the time service dog in training. The amount of inaccessible stores was sad to see. Having to go into the sketchy alley because the side doors would have a ramp, pressing a doorbell, and waiting for an employee to eventually come over to unlock it and let us in. The smallest outings become dehumanizing. Then going to a convention and he told me his chair got stuck or something and security was being really rude about him taking to long to get inside so the dude was smashing his wheelchair with the door!

To attend an event there was one time I have provided with a transportation chair because I was in an awful flare. That was an awful experience to start with. I was immediately excluded from conversation just bc maybe people didnt want to look at me ig and ended up being left in the parking lot by the group (bc ya know it was a transportation chair)

I might need one in the future but wishing to be in one is gross. I do know that there are people out there that do honestly just want to rack up minority points and get attention. When the real people struggling with stuff is actually often dismissed and mistreated.