I have experienced all of those things, too, in the wheelchair and on my scooter. My favorite thing to do to the "stare-rs" is to say hello and ask them a question...
I like to ask them if they'd like an autographed picture! :D
Actually, I'm a big strong guy who's 53 years young and I get around very well for shorter distances. I do have a prosthetic right leg, and nerve damage to my left leg, so I use my whellchair whenever I'll have to walk or stand for anything longer than 10 min's or so. I almost always wear shorts so people can see my prosthetic and I very rarely get any comments/looks until I get up and walk or stand. Then it's like; "You Faker"!!! :eek: Especially when they see me playing ping pong (Which I can do for about 5-10 min's)
My days are measured in how many steps I take each day. If I haven't walked much, at night I'm fine. If I walked or stood a lot, by 5 or 6pm I'm "toast" and believe me, I really need that WC then. I'm curious to see the reactions I'll get on formal/in-formal nights when I won't be wearing shorts and I get out of my wheelchair to go to the bar to get a drink or something!
Kids are great though, when they stare or even have the nerve to ask what happened to my leg, I tell them I used to be an alligator wrestler, but I wasn't very good at it!! :D
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I like to ask them if they'd like an autographed picture! :D
Actually, I'm a big strong guy who's 53 years young and I get around very well for shorter distances. I do have a prosthetic right leg, and nerve damage to my left leg, so I use my whellchair whenever I'll have to walk or stand for anything longer than 10 min's or so. I almost always wear shorts so people can see my prosthetic and I very rarely get any comments/looks until I get up and walk or stand. Then it's like; "You Faker"!!! :eek: Especially when they see me playing ping pong (Which I can do for about 5-10 min's)
My days are measured in how many steps I take each day. If I haven't walked much, at night I'm fine. If I walked or stood a lot, by 5 or 6pm I'm "toast" and believe me, I really need that WC then. I'm curious to see the reactions I'll get on formal/in-formal nights when I won't be wearing shorts and I get out of my wheelchair to go to the bar to get a drink or something!
Kids are great though, when they stare or even have the nerve to ask what happened to my leg, I tell them I used to be an alligator wrestler, but I wasn't very good at it!! :D