Name: It's time to sit down... // Mobility Aids 1 [CC]
Uploaded: 2020-03-27T18:36:00.000Z
Duration: 19 min 43 s
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a subject that makes me feel queasy in my stomach.

Not at the thought of needing a mobility aid,

or even the slight feeling of embarrassment when

Although to be fair that's probably because

I slam into anything and everything, and everyone.

Subscribe if you're also a terrible driver!

Buying the wrong thing, and then I'm lumbered with it,

and it is, in fact, actively unhelpful because it's

And it's really a very very big deal, and

All right, "What are mobility aids?" I hear you ask.

designed to help people who have problems moving around

Obvious examples would be a walking stick, or

We've all seen the symbol for disability, after all.

you don't need to be completely paralyzed or

have non-functioning legs in order to use a wheelchair.

Many people who are able to stand or walk will

also use a wheelchair or a similar device.

This can be for a number of reasons, including

because their legs hurt when they stand or

walk any greater distance than just around their house.

Or, because they have fatigue problems, or

Mobility aids can be used as a preventative as well as

walk down the street on your wobbly legs, or

this much energy to walk down the street with a cane,

It's a pretty obvious choice, wouldn't you say?

Says the girl who's put off buying a new mobility aid

Yeah, okay, I've got absolutely no excuse here.

I had to make a series on my YouTube channel to

a manual wheelchair and a pair of crutches.

Which are great for when my hips are really painful,

or I've turned my ankle over, but need to kind of

The wheelchair's great for when I'm on a very flat surface,

but it's really damn heavy and bulky, and

it's difficult to use up hills because my arms are

very weak, and downhills because the breaks are my hands.

It also doesn't fit in the car at the same time as

It's light enough for even me to lift it into

the car when taken apart, which means I can

I'm a terrible person who only likes using things when

they are coordinated, even if it's actually something that

As I mentioned in the video I made a few weeks ago,

And I want to be able to leave the house and

by myself I'll go to the shops, which I can't

do on foot for both energy and pain reasons,

and I can't do my manual wheelchair because

I live in Brighton, which apparently is just one big hill.

I mean, no one informed me of this when I

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It's time to sit down... // Mobility Aids 1 [CC]

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