I can't find anything positive to say about your post. Implying someone should limp around the park instead of using an ECV when they need one? And that it is good someone with a cane refuses a seat when offered? While it may be looked on as good manners, what if he fell? Someone needing help with balance and walking probably shouldn't be standing on a moving bus.
I'm afraid what you saw could be people who didn't want the judgement cast on them by some, so they refused to use a scooter to make their day easier, and instead limped and suffered pain instead. Not anything that would make me smile.
I'm sorry, but as a veteran with multiple invisible disabilities who truly needs mobility assistance, I find this post in poor taste. I certainly look healthy from the outside, and I've gotten plenty of bad looks using my manual wheelchair on past trips. I suffered great physical problems on my last trip trying to get around and I've resigned myself to the fact that I really need an ECV next time.
It's disheartening to know that people will be watching me and passing judgments on whether I truly need it.
I'm sorry, but as a veteran with multiple invisible disabilities who truly needs mobility assistance, I find this post in poor taste. I certainly look healthy from the outside, and I've gotten plenty of bad looks using my manual wheelchair on past trips. I suffered great physical problems on my last trip trying to get around and I've resigned myself to the fact that I really need an ECV next time.
It's disheartening to know that people will be watching me and passing judgments on whether I truly need it.
Conments like yours are the reason some people who do need one are too proud or embarrassed to use one. My husband is a disabled Veteran and has severe pain in his feet and ankles after about 20 minutes on his feet. For 15 years he has dealt with this with no relief from many different doctors. He is going to be miserable on our trip in June and wont use an ECV because his disability is not visible and people act like you. :-(
Oh man, I'm sorry. I understand. Your husband sounds just like my dad. He'll go through the whole day in pain simply to try to pretend that all is fine when it is not.
Ha, Marines. Take 2 Ibuprofen and suck it up buttercup.