aibu To think people in wheelchairs shouldn't be allowed out, where they might get in peoples way?

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well yes of course I would be if I felt that way.
I read a letter in my paper today, a peson was bemoaning the fact that money had been spent on buses to allow wheellchairs on them(of course he/she had never seen one on there)!!!
then you have good old mn and the mummies who complain about the fact they might have to move/wake thier child/get of thier arse if a wheelchair comes on the bus...........

ranting I know

UANBU... Public transport should only eb used by the fit & healthy anyone else should be locked away

yanbu. it's very hard having a big pram these days/

you'd think these wheelchair users would just leave the cumbersome things at home, they just love the attention they bring - lazy gits

it's only an hour till the next bus you know, and they've not got anything really important like toddler group to go to.

The trouble is, accessing public transport with an SLD child with unpredictable behaviour (and bowel) habits, is still very difficult. I'd rather take the car. Very independent wheelchair-users (the sort who may use the buses solo) often have electric wheelchairs which aren't allowed on the buses anyway.

donkey - am pretty sure they allow electric wheelchairs on the buses in my city, have seen a bloke with one several times on the route into town.

dd, well exactly. what do they want to use a bus for, when they get a free car anyway?

Just out of interest, if they ever bring in a policy of folding buggies, I wonder how Major buggies will be viewed? Unlike normal buggies which can be folded one-handed (I used to do it all the time in the carefree baby/toddler years ), the Major can't because of having to take off the footplate, plus you need two hands to carry the thing, let alone any bags you may have, not to mention the struggling autistic child!
Now, ds has a free bus pass because of his disability, but I can still imagine some jobsworth driver insisting that I can't use the wheelchair space because I don't technically have a wheelchair! And if I do will all the mummies glare at me?

YANBU as we all learnt recently on here, babies are effectively disabled so they obviously need the wheelchair space. Even when in slings.

actually - if you buy a second (ish) hand major from e-bay (because wcs will only let you have a wc or a buggy, not both), the parts are so loose that it's possible to kick the footplate off in a one-r, and 'flick' the mechanism closed one-handed, whilst keeping the child in a headlock with the free arm. it'll save wcs thousands on new buggies once they get wind of the fact that second-hand buggies are actually easier to fold.

(took a major on a train once - never again)

Am currently teaching ds the toe squash move he is learning g fast fOllowed by disarming smile because he. Can't help it bless him

On serious side found mums on buses way worse than Guys on London commute train and buses

Thank you. To the great guys who got ds on and of train when the station staff forgot us last week

this despite me booking in advance because hey wheelchair users don't want/need do anything spur of the moment

The other thing to consider (courtesy of ds's consultant) is that disabled people should never be let out of the house anyway, because if they are seen using a wheelchair it will make them think of themselves as disabled. Far better to stay at home and watch the telly.

i think when you get a major buggy you should also be given a card that explains in evry simple terms that this is an sn buggy.
then even the silliest driver would get it.
or we could all have big sighns sewn on our coats, or our dc's

Pitch luckily ds plus chair is still small enough to be lifted of

but half time it's getting on to dam platforms

hmm maybe we should all have bells then people can move if we so much as look at them in case we make them feel uncomfortable

Think my dd would agree with some of you... despite having a brother with SN (and a MMajor) at the accessible swimming pool she was shocked and alarmed to see someone getting out by putting a wheelchair in the pool and exclaimed loudly that perhaps they should have stayed at home.