Tag: Walking

Never.

On By Katy DalyIn Blog4 Comments

How often do you walk or run?

Sometimes questions are phrased poorly when you’re disabled. I am a full time wheelchair user, I have never walked and will never walk a day in my life.

Therefore the only way I can answer this question is to look at it from different points of view and that changes the answer I will give.

If you’re asking how often I exercise, which could be what this question means. Then many of the tasks that I have to do on a daily basis, rolling, lifting my bag etc. can be considered exercise. Intentionally exercise I do rarely and if ever, I get tired enough just living.

Another way you could answer this question is by looking at how often I get out of house. And honestly my girls are a massive motivator for that. They are walked daily when the weather permits. When they are not with me, I don’t usually like to go out without having somewhere to go, but I might take a longer journey home if the weather is nice.

I hope this answers the question, but I guess that’s up to whoever is redding this to decide. 2

Would I want to not be disabled?

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The paraphrased question my brother asked me today.

I said I don’t know. It’s a complicated question.

If I could I would, but only if I could start my life again and not be disabled. Does that makes sense?

When you’re asking me if I would change being disabled in the life I have now, that’s a complicated question because so much of my life now is tied to my disability. I don’t know I’d be without it.

But starting my life over is a different question I’ll admit.

As he was asking me this question my other brother had just had to ask me to move several times in order to clean the carpet of the room I had messed due to the weather outside.

The dogs were not allowed to come today. Due to the mess they would make. I was allowed though.

So attached to this sort of story I suppose, is the reminder that….

Image Description: Black text on a teal green background says “You are not an object. You are not in the way. You belong everywhere that all humans belong.” Quote by @EmilyLadau

I don’t wear shoes

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Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.

Its hard to pick a favourite pair of shoes when you don’t wear shoes. I know what this question is asking, but my shoes don’t take me anywhere. If anything my wheels do. And I work very hard to get to as much of what I want to do in this world as possible.