I am going to be playing the part of Nessarose from the musical Wicked. I know the musical and story backwards and forwards but I would like outside opinions on how to play the part. It is essential to have good facial expressions and voice animation since the whole first act I am in a wheelchair. So I would really appreciate anyone who has played the part or knows it very well to give me some tips.
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Any tips on playing Nessarose from Wicked?
January 25th, 2011On that tv show, Community, Pierce was in a wheelchair…?
January 3rd, 2011When I watched the last "new episode", Pierce was in a wheelchair. This last week, was a rerun, that had him still walking around. How do I find out if he’s in a wheelchair FOR REAL, or was that just part of that particular episode ?
What country music video that played in the 90's had a part in it where a girl in a wheelchair fell of a dock?
January 1st, 2011I remember it being a sad song and in the music video (what I believe to be a girl) fell into a lake. they were in a wheel chair and it rolled backwards off a wooden dock. I have been trying to think of this song for years. Please help out!
In the video the person in the wheelchair falls in the lake by accident and drowns. I looked at the travis tritt song…and it wasnt it.
In the musical, Anything Goes, there is supposedly an old woman in a wheelchair? What does this part entail?
December 30th, 2010Just wondering. I’m auditioning in a couple weeks.
breaking a lease because of misrepresentation on the part of the landlord?
November 24th, 2010In August 2010 My daughter and I visited a model apartment to view. I had requested a 1st floor apartment because I can’t do stairs right now because of a back and leg condition which may soon be repaired. I made three visits to the model in the course of a month. The agent, while showing the following: the laundry area which had no door and was a very wide opening for a wheelchair; the low kitchen counter; the very wide opening (no cabinet door) under that counter; and the very wide opening (no cabinet door) in the master bedroom bath counter; would say that this one was the handicapped accessible apartment and mine wouldn’t be like this.
I was confident that my apt would be a ‘regular’ apartment. This scenario was played twice more, when my daughter and I went back a second time to view the model and a few weeks later when I took my son and his family through the model too. Each tour the agent explained the apt the same way, saying this is the handicapped accessible one, mine will not be like this.
My move in date was to be around the 18th of Oct. I was returning to TN from CA on the 1st. I stayed with my daughter those 18 days waiting to move in ‘around the 18th’. This, however, was a verbal understanding with the agent and I didn’t get that in writing. At some point I called from CA to speak with the agent to ask something and he then said something like ‘well, you’re not moving in until the 15th or so, right? We have plenty of time before you get here to do that’. I don’t remember why I called him but I mention this to confirm that at least verbally he knew when I was expected to move in. So when I did arrive and told them I was in TN then and anxiously awaiting to move in on or around the 18th, I was told that they didn’t know I’d be back so soon and they’d told the tenants currently living in MY apartment that they could stay to the end of the month for their own personal reason. They apparently had not made note of when they’d told me I could move in.
I stayed another two weeks with my daughter and wasn’t allowed to move in until November 1. I was given the keys late on Fri 30 Oct but told the carpet had been cleaned and was drying and not to move in until Sunday. I was anxious to see MY apt finally so I did visit it that Friday night but the huge fan blowing in the LR made me think the carpets were wet I didn’t go in. I could see the laundry area right there at the front door, and yes I saw the huge opening for it but it had been over a month since I’d seen the model and it just didn’t register with me what that meant.
My daughter and I went over on Sunday and walked the whole place. Something wasn’t right…….then she realized that this was just like the model. The kitchen cabinets and counters are very low, and there is a huge opening under the sink for the wheelchair. I have many issues with my back and was and still am concerned about having to bend over so low to work at the sink.
At any rate, I was very upset about the kitchen’s low counters and sinks. I felt I’d been manipulated. I called to speak to the agent and she was argumentative with me, speaking very loudly over the phone saying ‘Oh Ronda, you did know’ etc………..I chose not to argue with her and hung up. I was glad that my daughter had been with me to confirm what this agent had said repeatedly during the tours of the model. I then went to the apt office on the verge of tears and spoke with another agent who was understanding and apologetic saying she just didn’t understand why I was given this apartment if I didn’t ask for one. Then I told her that the only thing I’d specified was a first floor apt. Then she said ‘Oh, that was it because most of the first floor apts are handicapped accessible" Then she said she’d be happy to give me another apt but she didn’t have another one available for the entire month of November and then it would be 2nd or 3rd floor apts. And I just can’t do stairs. I felt stuck knowing I’d signed a year’s lease. Fighting back tears I said then could I get out of the year’s lease and have a 6 month lease instead to just be able to find another place if I’m just not comfortable with it being like it is and she readily agreed, saying no problem, looking relieved. I’m not sure why that was.
Now, my question. I’m becoming increasingly sad being there. Its a beautiful apartment but I don’t want to be in there at all. Maybe its a fear of one day needing this sort of an apt, however I certainly don’t need one now. And I want to start looking to move NOW, not 6 months from now. It’s been very expensive moving in there, the application fee, a one months rent for deposit up front and 400. for the cat, all of which I doubt I could recover.
What do you think my chances would be of breaking t
x-men last stand. may not get to watch previous ones.?
November 13th, 2010i just watched the movie. how many other ones are before this one. why didn’t the other ones wanted to be cured. why was the professor/teacher in a wheelchair. what part did the shaved/bald boy play in the movie. the female with the long red hair, why was she so powerful and mean.
Where can I look for grant information that gives correct info but doesn't cost money?
November 11th, 2010My 11 year old son has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and is confined to a wheelchair. I have a mortgage of 0,000 and have to work to pay it. I am a single parent. I need to know if grants really exist and if I can get help so that I can be at home to care for him. I have been through countless piles of paperwork to try and get financial assistance but have been unable to find anything. Even if I can work part-time or work from home would be beneficial for our family. So far the only grant information I could find cost money. He needs help with every aspect of his life, from going to the bathroom to getting a drink. I have to have help but to have someone come in is going to cost even more money that I don’t have. I am currently unemployed due to a recent event but am currently seeking employment. Please understand that it’s not that I don’t want to or an unable to work. I need to be at home with my son, even if it’s only for a few years. Any Suggestions? Thank you.
Is this a scam? After posting my resume on career builder, a company in the uk responded & it seemed fishy.?
November 10th, 2010I posted my resume on career builder and received an offer from a company in the u.k. They are called easy part sevices. They say what they do is as a company that sells special wheelchairs and whatnot. Their offer is to have the people buying from them send me checks here in the US, have me cash it in my account and send them 90% and keep 10% Does anyone know if this is illegal or not?
how can i lose weight from a wheelchair?
November 9th, 2010I was in a car accident 4 years ago. I haven’t been able to walk or stand up since then. My leg muscles are very weak. I also have Neuropathy in both feet. I have a pinched nerve in the lower part of my spine. I just found that information out last week. I also have carpal tunnel in both wrist. I had to have emergency surgery from the car wreck..my aorta severed twice, I had 5 broke ribs on the left side, I ahd 12 fractures on the left side of my pelvis. And my leg muscles turned to mud while I was in the hospital. I had to be there for a little over 2 months. I am trying to loose weight but can’t seem to do it by myself. I have been in Pysical Therapy for 4 years and my new doctor thinks that I need to hold off on getting back into therapy for a little while. Just until the Neurologist and Rheumatologist gives the okay. I aslo have RA. What can I do to lose weight?
My power wheelchair died.What do you do with it?
November 7th, 2010The chair was left out in the rain and now only lights up but will not move. What can I do with it? Who takes them? Can you sell it for parts? Can it be repaired? Help!!!!! Thank You, Prissycpriss
the name of this Channel 4 show? disabled people climbing a mountain/travelling through a forest?
November 7th, 2010does anybody remember this show on Channel 4? It was about 5 years ago, about a group of disabled people, one was in a wheelchair and another was blind (I can’t recall the rest) but they had to travel through the forest/ climb a mountain as part of a challenge they were partaking in.It was a reality show. I can’t remember the name of it! thanks ![]()
What grade would you give my history paper, and any tips to make it better?Specify! PART II?
November 6th, 2010would-be assassin hadn’t had the gun? Jim Brady wouldn’t be in that wheelchair. Perhaps he would be off doing amazing things. But, we will never know, because he did have a gun. Guns are far too easy to get in America. Sure, you need to pass a series of tests to purchase a gun legally, but you can get one off of the black market without any questions asked. Also, suppose you went into a gun store, passed the test, and bought a gun. You could easily turn to a life of crime, and you wouldn’t even have to go to the trouble of getting a new one. In Connecticut, there is a law that says that you must keep a weapon concealed. This puts innocents at risk, mostly because no security officer will see any gun, and the person who could very well be a murderer won’t be stopped.
Though I strictly believe that guns should be controlled, I can understand what people who are against it are saying. The National Rifle Association’s Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre wrote “In the minds of the
Second part of 4!
What grade would you give my history paper, and any tips to make it better?Specify! PART I?
November 4th, 2010Crack! A bullet whipped through the air and connected with an eight year old girl’s chest. She crumpled to the ground. When the ambulance and the police arrived, the bandit had run off, and the girl was pronounced dead. This happens in our country every day. Clearly, guns are very dangerous and violent weapons, and should be controlled.
Eight teenagers and children die every day in America, or 2920 each year. In total, 29,000 Americans die each year from gun shots. Deaths like these occur in our streets, homes, and schools. The massacre at Virginia Tech is a perfect example of such violence. Many were slaughtered, and if guns were controlled better, maybe that college kid wouldn’t have gotten the gun. The former White House Press Secretary, Jim Brady, who was critically injured during an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, said “Ever since I was shot, I have watched from my wheelchair as the gun lobby blocked one sane handgun after another.” What would have happened if Reagan’s
This is the first part of 4!! I have a rebuttal later.
the assignment was to show my feelings about gun control.
What's the hardest part of a vegetable to eat?
November 3rd, 2010the wheelchair
WWF Raw Is War Rate the Show (WQ Inside) (Part 1 of 2)?
October 31st, 2010Raw is in the New Jersey’s Continental Airlines Arena with a loud crowd. The WWF World Heavyweight Champion Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon, & Big Show walk down to the ring. Triple H says that if the Rock loses his match against Big Show & Shane McMahon then the Rock will be forced to leave World Wrestling Federation forever. The Rock comes out. The Rock says that since the Coalition had forced Mick Foley to retire, he was going to give them the opportunity to do the same to him. The Rock says that if any other members from the Coalition then that will count as a win for himself. The Rock then said that if he wins then he will face Triple H at Wrestlemania in a I Quit Match. Triple H shook hands with Rock.
Commercials
The Hardy Boyz took on Steve Blackman and Al Snow (sometimes known as Head Cheese) in the first match of the evening. Blackman thought he had the match won after delivering a thrust kick off the top rope to Jeff, but the Hardy Boyz stole the victory when Matt came out of nowhere and rolled up the Lethal Weapon for the win.
In a Handicap Match, Mark Henry tried to avenge his girlfriend Mae Young by taking on both the Dudley Boyz. After just a few moments, Buh Buh Ray Dudley retreated to the locker room, leaving his brother D-Von alone with "Torrie Wilson." It turned out that Buh Buh Ray had gone backstage to find Mae, who after weeks of brutalization from the Dudleys was confined to a wheelchair. Buh Buh Ray wheeled her out to ringside, where Mae watched Henry fall victim to the 3D that knocked Torrie Wilson out cold. But the Dudleys didn’t even bother to pin Henry. Instead, they wheeled Mae back up the ramp, where D-Von picked her up and handed her over to Buh Buh Ray. Buh Buh took her, jumped off the stage and powerbombed her through a table nearly 15 feet below! Mae, already in a neck brace, was severely injured. Torrie Wilson joined emergency crews in attending to Mae.
Next up Kurt Angle came out and said that he will defend the European Championship right now against Tazz & Chris Jericho in a Triple Threat Match. Confusion ensued with Bob Backlund came from the crowd and attacked both Tazz and Chris Jericho. Chyna ran from the backstage area and delivered a lowblow to Backlund, who fell outside the ring. In the meantime, Tazz grabbed one of Angle’s title belts. But Jericho dropkicked him, and Angle kicked Jericho inbetween the legs and hits him with the title belt to win.
Triple H, X-Pac and Road Dogg teamed up for a special six-man tag team match against Too Cool and Rikishi Phatu. X-Pac & Triple H went for Rikishi & Scotty 2 Hotty while X-Pac battled Grand Master Sexay in the ring. X-Pac hit the X-Factor to Scotty while Triple H hit the Pedigree to Rikishi. X-Pac low blowed Sexay and got the quick roll up to win the match for his team.
Next up, Kane battled the Big Boss Man. In spite of Boss Man’s repeated attempts to clobber Kane with his nightstick and other weapons, the Big Red Machine was able to pick up the win after a chokeslam.
Backstage, Michael Cole interviewed Fabulous Moolah, asking her how she felt about what happened to Mae Young. In a shocking turn of events, Moolah revealed that she hoped Mae was suffering! Moolah declared that nobody had heard of Mae before Moolah brought her in – Mae was a nobody before, and she’s still a nobody, Moolah said. Moolah reminded everyone that she’s a Hall of Famer, and she said she didn’t care if Mae never returned!
Coming to the ring with Lita, Essa Rios proved once again that he’s a fighting champion as he defended the Light Heavyweight Title against Dean Malenko. Eddy Guerrero, who accompanied Malenko to ringside, jump up on the apron, but was quickly knocked off with a Rios forearm. Lita tried to follow up with a hurricanrana, but Guerrero caught her and powerbombed her on the floor! In the ring, Malenko tied Rios in a pinning predicament and got the three count to become the new Light Heavyweight Champion!
The No. 1 contenders for the Tag Team Championship, Edge and Christian, faced the Acolytes. In addition to Mideon, the Acolytes new lackey, Terri hung out at ringside during the match. Terri ended up distracting Christian, while inside the ring, Bradshaw finished off Edge with the Clothesline from Hell.
WQ- What is your favorite tag team of all-time?
WQ- Road Warriors or Hardy Boyz
What would be some good part time jobs for a handicapped 18 year old female?
October 30th, 2010I don’t have a wheelchair or anything, but I have scoliosis (a fused spine btw), and I’ve had my thyroid removed for cancer. Because of all my surgeries, I have nerve damage in places all over my body, and the place from the top of my neck on the left side down to about half-way down my left shoulder is all numb, as well as half the side of my back. I can’t life much, only about five pounds at a time without putting my back in danger. I also have poor fine-motor skills, I can barely life my hand without it shaking uncontrollably.
I’m 18. Girl. Not that much confidence..
D’you know any jobs that would be suitable for me? I live in Canada btw and my current job is at a museum. I just have to keep being a student in order to do it, and I am not sure what I want to go or do with my life, so until then I’d like a different job.
**I can’t LIFT much**
would you have him back – part 2?
October 28th, 2010this is an add- on from my previous question. my husband has left me and my 3 children – his step-children, because now and then i get upset over the fact that 2 of them were sexually abused 2 years ago by their real dad. my husband thinks that 2 years of getting upset now and then is long enough and i should get over it. what i failed to say in my previous question was that before he met me he had a daughter adopted at 18 months old because he said he wasn’t old enough to be a father, then he met another woman and they had a daughter. he was with her for a number of years and she found out she had a disease which would put her in a wheelchair. he left her saying they weren’t getting on anyway – that’s what he told me.
his daughter by her was in contact with him til last year – she is 13- and because he had issues with her, he no longer has anything to do with her. we have been together 9 years – 7 married, and he’s also saying now that he sees my 12 year old son being a problem soon
A tale of Halloween semi-horror. Part I. (no room) Part II to follow immediately C/C?
October 27th, 2010When two people stare at a picture, one says to the
other "It’s staring at me." The other argues, "No,
it’s staring at me."
My father and I sat together quietly.
I had moved in to assist him with his failing health. He couldn’t walk any longer.
I was back once again at this old house I grew up in. I hated it.
It always reminded me of a spiders web with eyes to catch every move.
A portrait of an ancestor, lost to memory, hung in the same place as I remembered from my earliest youth.
My father knew I hated it, and it was better off silent than to make meaningless conversation, for that is where our talk would end up.
Trying to break the ice I asked my father "Is the picture staring at you?"
"No." was the reply as he looked approvingly to the portrait.
Puzzled, I told him our ancestor was staring at me. He was indifferent.
I brushed this off as my father fooling with me. He had always done this in my youth. Consciously, I felt this portrait had run it’s course.
I’d always hated this portrait, not for who the man was, but for it’s ugly appearance and the space it occupied on the wall, not to mention the uneasy feeling I had always had towards it.
As I grew older, the picture remained, sometimes strewn with cobwebs and dust, sometimes cleaned.
My dad would never allow me to move it. "It’s part of the family."
My thoughts were: "It’s part of the house."
When I would pass it, the eyes seemed to follow me.
When I stared at it, it stared back with it’s never-changing eyes. That slight shit-eating grin seemingly mocked my distrust.
A time comes when one has had enough. I made my decision. I have the power of attorney. It’s going to the closet.
Without permission from my father, and unbeknownst to him, I decided to put it away by telling to him it would be protected better in the closet for our future generations.
I began to take it off the wall. It didn’t budge. With all my strength
I tried to pry it off. Nothing.
I looked behind it and saw it was simply hanging by a nail.
Confusion was followed by a slight fear as I stood face to face and
eye to eye with this ’stranger’, and from my periphery I swear
I saw his grin turn to a sinister smile. My fear was grew, and I was losing my skepticism.
I left the room in haste.
I controlled my emotions so they would not get the best of me.
That night I thought the man in the picture was thinking of me.
Like concrete it was fixed to the wall, with nothing but
wire, nail, and sheet rock that would crumble with the slightest touch.
I woke the next morning thinking myself a fool for what I had experienced.
I walked in on my father as he sat quietly in his wheelchair sipping his favorite blended coffee. It sure as hell wasn’t Starbucks.
He looked to me and asked if I could straighten
the portrait. My head whipped around with widened eyes.
Sorry Liz, I thought you only read part II.
This place needs to add more room!
looking for part time work?
October 25th, 2010I have a disability, spina bifida, and use a wheelchair, cant walk at all
I’m currently, like many genuinely disabled people,not working, but can and want to and have decided that instead of being pushed by the government into any old dead end job im taking a jump and 100% going for what i want and am capable of doing, and adequately qualified to do. and i am getting help from organisations that can help with this. its not much, im just interested in working in the supplies industry, office/stationary, medical/hospitalemergency services supplies, supermarkets, things like that.
The thing is, due to things like regular hospital/podiatry/ district nurse etc appointments (in the case of podiatry and district nurses were talking weekly appointments, something this government and many other people dont seem to have thought about, who wants to employ someone taking that much time off for appointments?) I have decided that part time work might be the best thing to go for, then theres a chance i could fit my appointments in around the job, but a part time wage would not be enough to get by on itself, at minimum wage anyway, I do get DLA as well (which is NOT, contrary to popular belief it seems, an out of work benefityou can get it even if you work, it actually helps a disabled person to find and stay in paid employment) so i would have that to add to it, although if i want a motability car i have to give up half the money (around £50 a week) for that, (you dont get the car and money together), and the other half pays for any care needs i might require.
I’m hoping i would qualify for tax credits and wondered if anyone might be able to advise on this and how much itmight be, and any other financial help i could get to top up my wage?
any help would be much appreciated (Apart from those spammers that keep advertising websites, you can B****r off)
Can you pass the test part 1?
October 22nd, 20101. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
a. Olga Corbitt
b. Sitting Bull
c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
2. In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
3. During the 1980’s a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
4. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
5. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year-old
American
passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim mal e extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
6. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a U.S. Navy diver
trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
7. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
8. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
9. In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr. Rogers
b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill’s women
problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
10. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles
to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one
crashed
into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the
passengers.
Thousands of people were killed by:
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
Transfer DL fr/ TX to OK but in a wheelchair & OK wants to add additional restrictions not needed?
October 21st, 2010I am in a wheelchair as a result of an accident 15 years ago. Inititally following my accident, which left me an incomplete paraplegic so I can move my legs, feel them but I cannot walk, I lived in OK & in order for the state to pay for my hand controls (K-K) that they said I needed I had to go to driving school for a week & retake my driving & written test. I was issued a DL w/ 3 restrictions; hand controls, automatic transmission & power steering. My car was then equipped w/ hand controls but I didn’t use them because I had plenty of movement so I could simply drive safely w/ out them. 10 years ago I moved to TX & I purchased a motorcycle (1977 Moto Guzzi w/ a side car) in addition to the car that I was driving. Since I needed to get my motorcycle endorsement on my DL, I went to the DMV in TX where they did not understand since I was in a wheelchair and could not stand or walk how I would be able to drive a motorcycle & so why was I trying to get a motorcycle endorsement on my liscense. I explained that my motorcycle had a side car & I could drive the motorcycle & used the side car to store my chair when I was driving & also the sidecar allowed me to stop without falling. They reluctantly gave me the test: I passed both written & driving part. I was now issued a TX DL w/ a motorcycle endorsement & they removed the handcontrol restriction because it was obvious I did not need hand controls. I have now moved back to OK and the DMV here says I need hand controls because I am in a wheelchair. I asked them why they wouldn’t just recognize my valid state issued DL fr/ TX & their response was that since I was in a wheelchair I needed to be revaluated to ensure I could safely operate a MV w/ out handcontrols & they would not allow the motorcycle endorsement, because again they said they dont’ see how I could drive a motorcycle. Uggghh, they then asked what physcial therapy I still did, I was dumbfounded, since I don’t do physical therapy. I replied well "I race in a race chair, I ride my handcycle & I rappel off of mountains (previously I had been published rappeling in a magazine rappelling in my chair off of clifs, etc.) & I ride my motorcycle". They told me now I have to have my Dr. fill out a form saying what my condition is & why I don’t require handcontrols & then they will send that to the medical desk/dept. of the DMV for review to see if I need hand control restrictions on my DL. Is this the only way? I feel as if "wow" talk about discrimination. I am not angry but frustrated because I feel like since I am in a chair they are making many assumptions that apply to some but not all. Is that allowable, based on how I look they believe that I need something that don’t so they want me have it & they said they most likely will not be able to transfer over my motorcycle endorsement. Anyone out there have any ideas if there is a way around this or is this simply the process I must go through.
how much should I pay my carer per hour?
October 17th, 2010I am a 20-something young physically disabled woman in south Wiltshire area looking to employ somebody part-time to help in a general capacity, mostly fetching and carrying for me with a bit of cooking and light housework sometimes too, personal care limited to pushing wheelchair around house and helping me transfer to and from shower/toilet. Can anyone advise an appropriate rate for this kind of work?
(We’re all feeling the pinch a bit like everyone else but would still like to pay a fair wage.)
Wheelchair'd into X-ray for a cut finger?
October 9th, 2010Last month, when I was at my computer, a large glass bird figurine fell on my hand, putting a deep gash down my pinkie finger.
I went to the ER to have it treated, they wanted to give me a tetanus shot, asked me all sorts of questions, and all of that. However, when they said they were going to need an x-ray of it to make sure there was no glass in there (that’s not the weird part!) they transported me to the x-ray room via wheelchair.
I didn’t have any other injuries, and I was walking fine, and I sure didn’t lose that much blood (for a badly cut finger). For some reason, it kind of stuck with me. Is that normal for hospitals to do? Obviously, I don’t go too often!
Can I fix my wheelchair?
October 7th, 2010The right front wheel is very loose. I’m talking about the rubber part, by the way. It keeps popping off. Is there any way I can fix it?
How do we include our friend in a wheelchair in our plans?
October 5th, 2010We recently made a new friend, and she is a wheelchair user. She cannot walk because her ankles are too weak, they would break under her weight, and her feet are also twisted.
I got to know her through science project, and she’s really nice and funny and I introduced her to my friends at lunch, and now we hang out together.
But it gets so confusing when we are making plans.
Like last week, we went to see Easy A, but then we didn’t know if we should invite Anni or not. I feel mean saying this, but we didn’t want to sit in the front by the wheelchair section. And my mom told me moving her to back of the theater would be against the fire hazard law (if the alarm rang, we wouldn’t have time to move her safely into her wheelchair again), so we didn’t invite her, but we’ve been feeling really bad about it all week.
And there has been other times when I had a pool party, I invited Anni, and she came, but while everyone was having fun, she was just sitting down by the shallow end, watching everyone, which, to be honest, made everything awkward when we were playing games.
We want to invite her to come shopping with us, but then her mom would have to come along as well to push her wheelchair, and we don’t want her mom to come with us. =S
If you were her, would you be sad your friends are making plans that you can’t really be a part of? Or would you understand?
(i’m not THAT close with her yet, so I’m too scared to ask this question, it might make her mad)
I’m not embarrassed of her, things u do with friends normally have to change to include her, but we don’t like the changes that have to be made, like hanging out with her would mean hanging out with her mom as well. Watching a movie with her would mean we would have to uncomfortably watch the movie in the front of the theater. Having a sleepover would not be possible without her mom sleeping over as well.