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I'm actually jealous of the way your sidewalks are designed - in at least a lot of the U.S., there's just one steady slope on the sidewalks down to the street, so no chance of finding that "sweet spot". Same with the streets - I generally have to wheel ~10ft out from the curb in order to not completely wear out my uphill arm (I've got a SmartDrive on my chair, so I'm constantly using my uphill arm to apply resistance to the wheel to keep my chair from drifting down), because where I live, the middle of the street is flatter than the edge, like it has just a tiny slope across the middle section, but when it gets closer to the curb it gets a lot steeper.
@@morgancalvi6675 They're sloped like that for water runoff, which make sense, but they don't have to be quite THAT sloped to be effective. I mean, they need to be sloped a little so water doesn't just collect, but it still doesn't take much of an incline to make water roll down it. I'm just looking forward to the day when my town's city council finishes their survey of all the places in town that should have a sidewalk and/or curb cuts but don't (apparently that's been an ongoing project for a couple years now), and actually start putting them in where they're supposed to be; I've recently discovered that there are some corners where there USED to be a curb cut and it got replaced with a regular curb - that one makes me mad, because although I can get up curbs because I'm in a manual chair, I've seen other people out and about in my town who are in power chairs and mobility scooters, and I know they can't go up a normal curb in them, or even the half-curbs that two corners of one intersection have (I also got absolute confirmation that that intersection will be getting redone to eliminate that problem). And I agree, the power assist question really is a personal thing with no one-size-fits-all solution - different types work better for different people because everyone is different: for your situation, it happened to be the power assist wheels, and for me, it happened to be a SmartDrive.
Realistically he shouldn't have had to, if the work had been done to legal standards they wouldn't be in the way to begin with. It's the bare minimum for him to fix the mistake.
I use a rollator walker and some of these wheelchair tips apply to walking with wheels, too. Rough surfaces are my nightmare - the vibrations just go straight through my arms, as well as the extra resistance. Most people near me have no idea that we live on a hill - it's not obvious, but it's exhausting!
I recently started using a rollator - I genuinely didn't realise just how uneven the pavement was on the streets near me. There's the odd time where my rollator feels like it's at a 45° angle (maybe an exaggeration but not far off) - genuinely no idea how someone in a wheelchair would manage with it. Fortunately I'm physically able to manage with walking over uneven surfaces - I just need to remember to not lean to one side else I end up hurting my wrist the side I'm leaning on
It really makes me upset when the road is in better condition than the pavement. We complained since 10 years to get the one in front of our house fixed. Most wheeled persons use the road which is as we are on a corner very dangerous. I’m very concerned about our fragile gentleman with his Zimmer frame that can’t quickly escape as others might do. But no change to the thick gravel layer and overly patched pavement:( isn’t there anything nationwide we could do???
I use a power chair and find so many things that annoy me when I’m out and about i.e cars 🚗 parked either on the pavement or across the drop curb Dog crap 💩 all over the pavement because owners are too lazy to pick it up Rude people who block doorways or pavements while they talk on mobiles or to another person People swinging wire shopping baskets near your face while shopping I could go on and on but don’t want to get on my soapbox Love your videos thank you for your hard work. Stay safe
When I used to go out with my friends they always panicked that I was using the road because of how much smoother it is and also sometimes there isn’t a dropped curb so instead of getting stuck on the pavement I used to take the road
Goodness Gem I can feel the pain! I was a fulltime manual chair user for many years before my disability progressed, and I now use a power chair full-time. I understand that every little bump and flat pavement can actually be torture for a wheelchair user. I’m kind of envious though because downhills were great fun and I miss that going at a constant speed! Good luck and thank you again for this video it’s fantastic advice especially for new wheelchair users xx
Thanks so much for posting this. I tried to take my dog on a walk in our neighborhood, and indeed it was an exhausting journey full of all these sneaky obstacles. Every foot we traveled was a hard won achievement! Those uneven pavements are just... watching your videos always cheers me up and I feel less alone and depressed about the challenges. Thank you!
We love this video. Even though we use power wheelchairs and don't have the challenges of manual wheelchair users, there are a lot of similarities. Rough terrain is an issue for any wheelchair user. Especially cobblestones; they will make your teeth chatter and your back hurt. We also never knew that the bumps on the curb cuts were for the visually impaired. Really great info.
I have a video from when the elevator that connects part of how I get from the top to middle of campus was broken.... so I found the multi-story car garage and rolled down it!!! It was an adventure.... and I had proof for my professor why I was almost 20 mins late to class..... heh!!
I thought the footpaths here in Australia were bad, but I'm starting to really appreciate them after seeing the state of yours in England! Also, your footpaths are so narrow! I alternate between using a mobility scooter and a rollator/walker and I will never complain again!
Cambers, I quickly learned, are a real pain. One arm gets tired quickly. I tried going backwards to rest the tired arm, but that doesn't work because of how a wheelchair works...seems the effort still had to be made by the same arm...I sometimes grab the tyre on one side as it gives a but more force that side. ( I wear rubber-palmed DIY gloves to increase grip and avoid contact with anything dirty on the wheels, like dog poo...)
Gem I just had a thought. You said about the vibrations in your chair.... I have got wide soft roll front castors and they take vibrations away for me as the vibrations set off bad spasaming and my legs are dancing about so switched to them and it's amazing it legit cuts out like 90% of vibrations it's amazing. 👍 I thought it could possibly benefit you too. Xx
I started with a manual wheelchair about 10 years ago but I couldn't push myself because of my hypermobile shoulders so I got a normal chair with motorized wheels and it was OK for a couple of years. But then I changed to a power wheelchair and it was like heaven to be able to be out with my children! But it is hard to use a power wheelchair to sometimes, especially now in the winter! I live in Sweden and we have a lot of snow. I am very glad that people are so helpful when I get stuck in the snow.
This is my first week in a wheelchair having moved on from a scooter. I jad not appreciated how different it would be. Camber...... omg nearly ended up in the road. Never thought about camber really with the scooter now on the lookout. Great vlog 👍
I’m right with you Emily!! It is not easy at all. I get terribly debilitating muscle cramps when I attempt to sit forward intuitively to gain imagined(for me lol) strength in prep for a hard part or thresholds of stores, and other establishments and oh gosh the sweating, and the need for a blanket of some sort as I’m not certain if this is a problem for everyone who uses a wheelchair but I already don’t have the ability to control my body temps with the temps outside. So I get super cold, to the point of the beginnings of hypothermia when it’s below 10°C a lot of the time, and if I’m overextended , fatigued, stressed, or some combination of the above and similar things make it happen even easier. So then the muscle cramps in my neck, jaw, upper abs, hands etc are so painful. I could kick my own self(if I could) lol for forgetting a blanket here and there, thinking it was warmer than I should have if I had checked the weather and current best estimate give it take 2 degrees either way(usually to the problematic of course-too hot/too cold) 🥶 🥵 Ack! , I’ve written a snorer! Lol sorry bout that! 💗 Love your channel Gem and adore you and your family! I look very forward to your videos!💗 Hopefully decently warm not hot, weather will be upon us soon. Real spring would be so wonderful! 🥰🌈☀️😊 I hope you’re well Gem and getting through things and still smiling!💗
I'm a new wheelchair user as my legs don't allow me to do long walks, like steps before I say hello to the floor. And I live in Norway... my arms are dead. My nails are broken. I have a lot of respect and admiration for you. Anyway, thank you for the advices !
Only been in a chair a couple of weeks after a below knee amputation but i've found with the hills where i am it's easier to go in reverse and use my good leg to help push me so i don't tire out my arms or feel like i'll tip backwards
I agree with what you said and showed in the video. The problem is in some countries, like where I am in Singapore, wheelchair pushing or self-propelling is ILLEGAL on all asphalt roads built for cars, regardless of whether they are main, minor or narrow, seldom used roads.
This is really helpful! I've only recently started using a wheelchair and the paths around our house are awful, they're all the gravelly texture, broken up by tree roots and on a camber. We've pretty much given up on them but have found that our local docks is a good place for a walk so as long as we can drive somewhere to exercise I'm good but if the government say it has to be straight from your door like in the first lock down things could get interesting
I always attache the FreeWheel to my wheelchair when going outside. Then I don't have to worry about uneven ground. I also always use glows both inside and outside when pushing myself in the wheelchair so my hands don't get dirty.
This I SO helpful, even for people who are not wheelchair users. Using anykind of mobility aid has these things todeal with. Camber can throw one's pacing off altogther and for me, still walking, but not easily, I can get stuck if part of the pavement is higher than the rest. The foot thatbwill be higher up gets stuck and I have to stop moving to figure out what to do to get moving again and not fall down.
I usually have to move 3 or 4 wheelie-bins to be able stay on the pavement.. fairly easy when they're empty. ( I wrote to the 'mairie' ( french town hall) about it but the binmen/women still leave them on the pavement.. Often have to move onto the road because of cars parking on the pavement; dangerous because a) the road is quite busy. b) a wheelchair user is harder to see, being lower in height than an average adult pedestrian. I almost got run over the other day by a motorist reversing out. ( The parking spaces are the other side of the pavement to the road so motorists are obliged to cross the pavement - marvelous town-planning eh? :| ).
Great videos. Just thought i’d let you know a handy tip you might want to pass on. When i got my first chair it wasn’t an active user chair so i kept smacking my knuckles on everything!! After my knuckles looked like raw meat I suddenly remembered some gloves i had from when i road motorcycles. They are leather, waterproof, very comfy and most importantly have carbon fibre knuckle protection built in. I have 3 pairs, a short below wrist summer pair, a mid wrist in between pair and a long wrist winter pair with foil for in for added warmth retention. In an unadapted house or just out and about in the countryside they are really handy protection wise and keep the grott off your hands. Take care and keep on with the videos.😊👍
Thank you for the great tips! Awesome to see you back in action Gem, looking forward to wheels no heals 2021 because last year has helped me so much!👍👍💪💪😁😎❤️!
Very interesting! I don't ride in a wheelchair, but I push my daughter in chair all the time. I can relate to some of your tips. There are definitely some terrains that we avoid, even on sidewalks. Large, loose gravel rocks are the worse!
My wheelchair wheels at front get stuck on the low pavements crossing over sometimes and shop doorways. I think the council should re do the pavements, makes me angry when people park on the pavement so you can't get pass
Going up hill and dealing with cambers and pot holes are such a workout 🥵 cambered paths are a nightmare when im in my wheelchair and when I’m wearing my prosthetic leg as I tend to catch my foot and stumble more. As an above knee amputee I have to constantly watch every step I make to make sure my prosthetic knee doesn’t buckle. So using my wheelchair is sometimes the better option(more often than not). The wheelchair also means I’m not using as much energy and a lot of the time it’s saves me so much more time and I’m not in so much pain. I really wish planners and engineers could come up with a better option with much less cambers like they do in Europe Bless you Gem I hope you made sure to rest up when you got home. Good on Shauno for filming and walking backwards without falling over🤗🥰🤗
You might want to check the captions... you've already been 'fishing' and 'used your backend' (I'm guessing it should say Batek?) I'm deaf and rely on the captions, when they're wrong it takes me a while to work out what it should have said but by then the video has moved on...😢😢 I know I'm not the only person who uses the captions and I don't mean to be a pain, I just wanted to bring it to attention!❤❤
Ahhh thank you. I get the proffectionaly done. So its good to get some feed back. I think the aim for like 98% accuracy, Ill have a look tm. Thanks for letting me know x
Dealing with pavement slopes is very difficult with my rolator so I can only imagine , I also really hate the legally required slopes they put in when doing building work because of the edges and the angles they put them on I can't get my mobility scooter up them
What a wonderful teaching video. Thank you ever so much. As a relatively new WC user (originally in a full manual ) I was able to convert to a hybrid chair, with Yamaha NaviOne wheels, paired up with the lithium ion batteries- and it’s made all the difference in the world. I’m wondering if you have considered a hybrid chair for yourself? (Pardons if you’ve discussed this in a previous video I somehow missed. I try to watch everything you post.) Pros: A hybrid, power-assist chair makes pushing, even up steep inclines or walkways all but effortless and the batteries provide power for miles of travel. More than I’ve ever done in a single day. Cons: The power-assist wheels do make the chair significantly heavier, and perhaps most unfortunately, they are hardly inexpensive, coming in at around $8,000 US for the system. I don’t know how your country’s NHS deals with this, but would highly recommend. Best wishes and please keep your great content coming!
I knew going into it all that I would need some form of power assist, so I looked them all up and decided that SmartDrive would be the best fit for me personally, since I lift my chair in and out of the car myself whenever I go somewhere. It still has its glitches, but it's definitely better than nothing, and allows me to get out and go wherever I want, including up a really steep hill and through a field of tall grass at a park near my house, as well as along trails surfaced with packed fine gravel. I'm waiting for the day when my town puts in sidewalks everywhere there aren't any, as well as curb cuts on every corner where there are sidewalks (our streets are abysmal - on one, I'm popping a wheelie every 10-15 ft to avoid getting stuck in cracks - and in order for me to not have to be constantly crossing the road every time I have to go in the street, I'm almost always confined to the sidewalk on the left side of the street - there's only one street that has sidewalks on both sides for the entire length of it).
I get you 1000%!! My college is sooo inaccessible!! Soo many wills! And to get from the top to bottom of campus can take me 40 mins because of the crazy rout I have to take.... when able bodied students can do it in 10-15 ... and it’d likely be impossible if I were in a powered rather than manual chair!
Do you mean manual vs power chair? Because an electric is a power chair. I'm about to get a power chair, much against my will, partly because of the issues with inclines and all that other "fun" stuff that makes rolling around hard. As a C7 quad I no longer have the strength and endurance to deal with it all without completely wrecking myself for the day and possibly the next compared to being a T9 para when steep hills weren't even an issue
Sophia, I hope you have brought this issue to the attention of the college. If you are able to fund it a Smartdrive attachment would be very helpful in this environment.
@@kyliemccutcheon9969 I have. They’re supposed to have a shuttle but I’ve only succeeded in using it once as before the ramp was broken and or I’d wait over N hour and it would never come. I’ve had to have campus police help me in their police cars before... kinda embarrassing. The accommodations office is great but there’s only so much they can do. They do mean well even ran half way across campus when my fire got stuck in the crack in the ledge of the door and couldn’t get out. They want to make it better but their ability to help is limited unfortunately.
Excellent educational Video Gem. I am a new fan. Can I suggest if you are using your chair more outside, you change to a slightly bigger front castor or wheels. U don't notice so many bumps ie those blind footpath bumps and it will also help you get up footpaths easier. But great Job.
You should do a video like this in Worthing. The pavements and roads are horrendous and dangerous for chair users. Add delivery vams on the pavements and it makes it impossible to stay safe.
I wish I had started watching this young lady when she first started this vlog. This one is very interesting... I'd like to know what the curbs are like there compared to the US. Where I live, the curbs are like two inches. When you hit certain parts of the city, there are no curbs.
I am visually impaired and have had mobility services since I was young, is there something similar people when they become wheelchair users to help them learn to do things like you mention staying on top of the camber, rolling over the domes, doing wheelies over the curb, looking ahead etc. etc.
As visiually impared I notice that, tilting roads and generally bad paving. My "eye" (My white stick)get stuck all the time in cracks and on lumps and bumps, so for you on wheels it must be a real nuisance! I complain about the difficulties, but rarely anything gets done about it, we are to few to make it "economical" for them to bother...
I had a nightmare experience navigating my town in a powerchair whilst my car was in for its mot. So many times I had to go on the main road due to no dropped kerbs. There were many super narrow paths with high kerbs. I'm a new user which added to the adventure! Where did you get your leg wrap from please? I want to find one that doesn't cover my feet.
If you are using a powerchair, most of the issues are a lot easier to handle except the camber. On a sidewalk with a large slant (camber) of the sidewalk, you can’t drive straight. If you try driving straight ahead, you keep ending up heading for the low point of the sidewalk.
Yes this is exactly what I found i had not expected it. I also fin that when I leave go of the joystick to stop its not quick enough and I worry about rolling I to the road and then when I do stop I am pointing in the wrong direction. Fun and games .....
hi..can you share with us on how you clean your wheelchair after going out in a rain or muddy road or snow..and also what do you do when you go to the store and your wheelchair and hand is dirty from the kinda muddy road.. bcz i always lazy to go out after rain,bcz i'm too lazy to clean up my wheelchair after that..hahah.. thank you..
I am able bodied, but like to be empathetic to other's needs. So I actually went away for a weekend (2 nights), solo, using just a wheelchair from when I arrived to when I left, even in my hotel room. Fatigue was quite an issue. By bed time my arms ached from the effort. Other little insights. If you go into a lift forwards, when you get to your floor, you are arriving backwards, and the first time at that floor you don't know what is there! And opening the street door was something else. There was a little step, only about an inch, but I had to jump the casters on to it, then put the key in to open it without falling back off the step, then barge the door open against spring pressure. Quite easy if the door is held open for you, but seriously difficult when alone. Another insight from a different situation. I was working as a mobile mechanic. The car I was working on was blocking the pavement, and my van was in the street. Quiet residential street, little traffic, so unlikely to cause a problem. However, while my head was buried under the bonnet, I heard a voice saying, "Find a way, find a way". It was a blind lady with a guide dog. The dog had stopped because of the obstruction, but the lady had no idea what was there. Once I was alerted to the problem, I apologised to the lady, and explained that it was necessary to walk into the street to get past. And obviously I made sure it was safe with no cars coming. Just goes to show that something that looks like no problem to an able bodied person can be quite a difficulty to someone else. Best wishes to you and Shaun (Sean?).
do you have any issues with cars parking on the footpath and you can't get past them so you have to go back and find a driveway to go down it's not good on a busy road especially if you're on your own and we often come across broken glass on the footpath as well
Yes i live opposite a special needs school parents always park on the pavement and often accross my drive. Meaning i cant get out, and if i do i can't get along the pavement. I am in a power chair but camber is a real problem, as soon as the castors get a track they are off and they take me with them no matter what you do with the joystick
@@theangijt yes I know exactly what you mean it has happened to me in the past that's why I use my batec when I leave the house now if I get stuck in the power chair I need someone to help me get unstuck using the batec I can unclip it and move it forward and reconnect again without any help
The city council really needs to do better with the roads....as a non-wheelchair user I am already livid seeing the conditions you constantly have to navigate in
Great video, no suggestion since im generally a walking person. I did want to say that your great funny tiktoks inspired me to start doing some myself 😊 my nickname there is "merferrets" (like otters cause they're mermaid ferrets)
I use electric wheelchair. I've had a few, I would caution anyone thinking of getting rear wheel drive chair, you come to a camber or downhill and the chair has a mind of it's own! I've had 2 rear wheel drive chairs try to kill me! I now have mid wheel drive chair and no problems.
An electric chair shouldn't move unless you tell it to, though. Whether it's switched on or off, as long as it's not in manual mode, it should remain completely still until you tell it to move.
@mydogeatspuke Ideally, yes. However, in practice, if whilst moving you come to a slope with a rear wheel drive, you're going down that slope wether you want to or not.
My town is full of lovely tree-lined steets. Well, they LOOK lovely - until you try to push along the pavements, where the tree roots are undermining the surface. Plus, I live on a rise, so you have to go downhill to get to town. I hope you tweeted this video to your local council highways department. But they'll probably use the pandemic as an excuse not to do anything. So many things we need are pushed to the back burner, as if we don't count. 😤
I have been a full time wheelchair user as of January this year. My house has stairs and the area where I live isn’t wheelchair accessible and it’s so upsetting because I can’t go out by myself
Camber is the slope of a surface. Pavement usually cambers toward the road to drain water toward the gutter. On broken pavement you get camber in multiple directions.
it's always frustrating when you have to move about in tight areas, not made for wheelchairs, because you use your hands to maneuver around and sometimes your hands get squeezed trying to get from point a to b, people just don't get it, I've actually had people just stare instead help, really?
Mrs Gemma Hubbard, I'm repeating myself here. Will you consider creating a video where you learn how to cut hair. No chemicals used. Clipper/Trimmer manufacturer, Wahl, have a multitude of tution videos online for you to view. You see, if you do it others' will follow. I have a Wahl Clipper to send to you for free if you choose to do it. Your husband likely has a beard trimmer already. Self-grooming well is important for the disabled. You can show them how to cut others hair, too. It is easy. Have a look at the Wahl haircutting videos first. Whatever you do, others will do it too.
@@evercuriousmichelle ...Thanks for showing me another TH-cam hairdresser. At first glance, Brad Mondo seems to use chemicals. I'm just thinking on haircutting and nothing else.
My neighbours always wonder why I go down the middle of the road on our street (cul-de-saq) when there are pavements on either side. The thing is, the pavement has a lot of camber and is very uneven. I've tried telling them why, but they still don't understand. As for the dog poo, I actually ended up in hospital a few years ago from running through dog poo.
i actually clicked this ready to start dissing a self entitled whiney disabled person wanting the pavements changed im happy to say you earned my respect not a single complaint just a good informative video i wish you all the best
@@reachandler3655 the camber is a needed feature to allow the rain water to flow into the edge of the road and into the drains drop curbs are already placed where they are needed and if to meny are used it causes drainage problems and safety problems the curb is a safety feature aswell and the quality of the pavements is something the council just cant afford to fix for the very small amount of disabled people that use them there already good enuf
@@danevanz2041 There are places I have to use the road as there is no way to get onto the path, some places there is drop curb one end of path but not the other, and some paths I haveto avoid because they are so bad I broke teeth! If a road was that bad there would be uproar, but us disabled are supposed to just put up with it?
@@reachandler3655 yes you are maybe you shud look at the positives the uk are world leaders when it comes to helping the disabled every house that is built today is built with disabled people in mind from level access front doors to 900mm wide interior doors every new housing estate is also built with the paths designed to make life easy for disabled every new shop and shopping center also is made with disabled in mind there is no other country in the world where the disabled are so well looked after even our bus and train services accomodate the disabled very well if you really are expecting the councils to fix every tiny issue you have on roads and pavements across the whole country then you are the self entitled whiney disabled person i would be refering to oh and dont get me started on the benefits the disabled get would you like me to contineu because i could go on for days about the things this country does to help the disabled
@@danevanz2041 I'm not saying this country is bad to disabled, I'm not saying paths should be as smooth as ice rinks. Yes, it's good that there are new homes and shopping centres that are built with disabled in mind, not that all disabled can take advantage of this. Yes, it's good that there is now wheelchair access on public transport. But just because the UK is better than other countries doesn't mean we should be mute if there's a problem!
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I left a request for a video on your last upload. 😁 love your videos 💜
@@beckymoran321 Oh fab, Ill have a look though. There were quite a lot of comments on that one :)
Can you do a what you do when you are at home video?
I'm actually jealous of the way your sidewalks are designed - in at least a lot of the U.S., there's just one steady slope on the sidewalks down to the street, so no chance of finding that "sweet spot". Same with the streets - I generally have to wheel ~10ft out from the curb in order to not completely wear out my uphill arm (I've got a SmartDrive on my chair, so I'm constantly using my uphill arm to apply resistance to the wheel to keep my chair from drifting down), because where I live, the middle of the street is flatter than the edge, like it has just a tiny slope across the middle section, but when it gets closer to the curb it gets a lot steeper.
@@morgancalvi6675 They're sloped like that for water runoff, which make sense, but they don't have to be quite THAT sloped to be effective. I mean, they need to be sloped a little so water doesn't just collect, but it still doesn't take much of an incline to make water roll down it. I'm just looking forward to the day when my town's city council finishes their survey of all the places in town that should have a sidewalk and/or curb cuts but don't (apparently that's been an ongoing project for a couple years now), and actually start putting them in where they're supposed to be; I've recently discovered that there are some corners where there USED to be a curb cut and it got replaced with a regular curb - that one makes me mad, because although I can get up curbs because I'm in a manual chair, I've seen other people out and about in my town who are in power chairs and mobility scooters, and I know they can't go up a normal curb in them, or even the half-curbs that two corners of one intersection have (I also got absolute confirmation that that intersection will be getting redone to eliminate that problem).
And I agree, the power assist question really is a personal thing with no one-size-fits-all solution - different types work better for different people because everyone is different: for your situation, it happened to be the power assist wheels, and for me, it happened to be a SmartDrive.
As a non wheelchair user I really appreciate this video to show how difficult it actually is manage such a journey. It really enlightened me.
Shout out to the guy working that made sure her wheelchair got though the road works without getting stuck
Realistically he shouldn't have had to, if the work had been done to legal standards they wouldn't be in the way to begin with. It's the bare minimum for him to fix the mistake.
Thank you so much for illustrating just how difficult day to day mobility in a wheelchair can be.
I use a rollator walker and some of these wheelchair tips apply to walking with wheels, too. Rough surfaces are my nightmare - the vibrations just go straight through my arms, as well as the extra resistance. Most people near me have no idea that we live on a hill - it's not obvious, but it's exhausting!
I recently started using a rollator - I genuinely didn't realise just how uneven the pavement was on the streets near me. There's the odd time where my rollator feels like it's at a 45° angle (maybe an exaggeration but not far off) - genuinely no idea how someone in a wheelchair would manage with it. Fortunately I'm physically able to manage with walking over uneven surfaces - I just need to remember to not lean to one side else I end up hurting my wrist the side I'm leaning on
I hate having to pump one arm when there's camber it hurts so much!
It really makes me upset when the road is in better condition than the pavement. We complained since 10 years to get the one in front of our house fixed. Most wheeled persons use the road which is as we are on a corner very dangerous. I’m very concerned about our fragile gentleman with his Zimmer frame that can’t quickly escape as others might do. But no change to the thick gravel layer and overly patched pavement:( isn’t there anything nationwide we could do???
I use a power chair and find so many things that annoy me when I’m out and about i.e cars 🚗 parked either on the pavement or across the drop curb
Dog crap 💩 all over the pavement because owners are too lazy to pick it up
Rude people who block doorways or pavements while they talk on mobiles or to another person
People swinging wire shopping baskets near your face while shopping
I could go on and on but don’t want to get on my soapbox
Love your videos thank you for your hard work. Stay safe
I’m a wheelchair user but I use an electric chair, and wow watching your videos gives perspective on things I’ve never even considered.
I thought I was the only one that does no hands down hill, flicking hair😂... Thank you so much for the video ❤
When I used to go out with my friends they always panicked that I was using the road because of how much smoother it is and also sometimes there isn’t a dropped curb so instead of getting stuck on the pavement I used to take the road
Oh the dirty looks I get! Walking people see a sidewalk and get so upset when they have to go around me on what they think is "their road" 😒
You have informed my decision to make my walkway better. As even and level as possible so you can't feel a camber. All transitions smooth. Thanks!
Goodness Gem I can feel the pain! I was a fulltime manual chair user for many years before my disability progressed, and I now use a power chair full-time. I understand that every little bump and flat pavement can actually be torture for a wheelchair user. I’m kind of envious though because downhills were great fun and I miss that going at a constant speed! Good luck and thank you again for this video it’s fantastic advice especially for new wheelchair users xx
Thanks so much for posting this. I tried to take my dog on a walk in our neighborhood, and indeed it was an exhausting journey full of all these sneaky obstacles. Every foot we traveled was a hard won achievement! Those uneven pavements are just... watching your videos always cheers me up and I feel less alone and depressed about the challenges. Thank you!
We love this video. Even though we use power wheelchairs and don't have the challenges of manual wheelchair users, there are a lot of similarities. Rough terrain is an issue for any wheelchair user. Especially cobblestones; they will make your teeth chatter and your back hurt. We also never knew that the bumps on the curb cuts were for the visually impaired. Really great info.
I have a video from when the elevator that connects part of how I get from the top to middle of campus was broken.... so I found the multi-story car garage and rolled down it!!! It was an adventure.... and I had proof for my professor why I was almost 20 mins late to class..... heh!!
I thought the footpaths here in Australia were bad, but I'm starting to really appreciate them after seeing the state of yours in England! Also, your footpaths are so narrow! I alternate between using a mobility scooter and a rollator/walker and I will never complain again!
Cambers, I quickly learned, are a real pain. One arm gets tired quickly. I tried going backwards to rest the tired arm, but that doesn't work because of how a wheelchair works...seems the effort still had to be made by the same arm...I sometimes grab the tyre on one side as it gives a but more force that side. ( I wear rubber-palmed DIY gloves to increase grip and avoid contact with anything dirty on the wheels, like dog poo...)
Gem I just had a thought. You said about the vibrations in your chair.... I have got wide soft roll front castors and they take vibrations away for me as the vibrations set off bad spasaming and my legs are dancing about so switched to them and it's amazing it legit cuts out like 90% of vibrations it's amazing. 👍 I thought it could possibly benefit you too. Xx
I started with a manual wheelchair about 10 years ago but I couldn't push myself because of my hypermobile shoulders so I got a normal chair with motorized wheels and it was OK for a couple of years. But then I changed to a power wheelchair and it was like heaven to be able to be out with my children! But it is hard to use a power wheelchair to sometimes, especially now in the winter! I live in Sweden and we have a lot of snow. I am very glad that people are so helpful when I get stuck in the snow.
This helped me so much. I couldn’t understand why I was finding the pavements so difficult. These tips are so useful, can’t wait to try them out!
I'm a new wheeler and it's quite an adjustment thanks for this video it safely shows how to navigate the difference in terrain😊
This is my first week in a wheelchair having moved on from a scooter. I jad not appreciated how different it would be. Camber...... omg nearly ended up in the road. Never thought about camber really with the scooter now on the lookout. Great vlog 👍
I have been waiting for a video like this!!! I struggle so much...
I hope it helps. x
I’m right with you Emily!! It is not easy at all. I get terribly debilitating muscle cramps when I attempt to sit forward intuitively to gain imagined(for me lol) strength in prep for a hard part or thresholds of stores, and other establishments and oh gosh the sweating, and the need for a blanket of some sort as I’m not certain if this is a problem for everyone who uses a wheelchair but I already don’t have the ability to control my body temps with the temps outside. So I get super cold, to the point of the beginnings of hypothermia when it’s below 10°C a lot of the time, and if I’m overextended , fatigued, stressed, or some combination of the above and similar things make it happen even easier.
So then the muscle cramps in my neck, jaw, upper abs, hands etc are so painful. I could kick my own self(if I could) lol for forgetting a blanket here and there, thinking it was warmer than I should have if I had checked the weather and current best estimate give it take 2 degrees either way(usually to the problematic of course-too hot/too cold) 🥶 🥵
Ack! , I’ve written a snorer! Lol sorry bout that! 💗
Love your channel Gem and adore you and your family! I look very forward to your videos!💗
Hopefully decently warm not hot, weather will be upon us soon. Real spring would be so wonderful! 🥰🌈☀️😊
I hope you’re well Gem and getting through things and still smiling!💗
Fair play you make it look easy :)
it is difficult to describe all the problems you explained. well done
Hi Gem, wondering where you got your black winter long body coat your wearing? looks handy!
I'm a new wheelchair user as my legs don't allow me to do long walks, like steps before I say hello to the floor.
And I live in Norway... my arms are dead. My nails are broken. I have a lot of respect and admiration for you.
Anyway, thank you for the advices !
Take your clothes off all the way and play with your body down
I appreciate you sharing this and teaching so many 🥰🙏🥰
Only been in a chair a couple of weeks after a below knee amputation but i've found with the hills where i am it's easier to go in reverse and use my good leg to help push me so i don't tire out my arms or feel like i'll tip backwards
I agree with what you said and showed in the video. The problem is in some countries, like where I am in Singapore, wheelchair pushing or self-propelling is ILLEGAL on all asphalt roads built for cars, regardless of whether they are main, minor or narrow, seldom used roads.
This is really helpful! I've only recently started using a wheelchair and the paths around our house are awful, they're all the gravelly texture, broken up by tree roots and on a camber. We've pretty much given up on them but have found that our local docks is a good place for a walk so as long as we can drive somewhere to exercise I'm good but if the government say it has to be straight from your door like in the first lock down things could get interesting
I always attache the FreeWheel to my wheelchair when going outside. Then I don't have to worry about uneven ground. I also always use glows both inside and outside when pushing myself in the wheelchair so my hands don't get dirty.
This I SO helpful, even for people who are not wheelchair users. Using anykind of mobility aid has these things todeal with. Camber can throw one's pacing off altogther and for me, still walking, but not easily, I can get stuck if part of the pavement is higher than the rest. The foot thatbwill be higher up gets stuck and I have to stop moving to figure out what to do to get moving again and not fall down.
I usually have to move 3 or 4 wheelie-bins to be able stay on the pavement.. fairly easy when they're empty. ( I wrote to the 'mairie' ( french town hall) about it but the binmen/women still leave them on the pavement.. Often have to move onto the road because of cars parking on the pavement; dangerous because a) the road is quite busy. b) a wheelchair user is harder to see, being lower in height than an average adult pedestrian.
I almost got run over the other day by a motorist reversing out. ( The parking spaces are the other side of the pavement to the road so motorists are obliged to cross the pavement - marvelous town-planning eh? :| ).
Great informative video! Thanks Gem 💎
I did not know there was a name for the sloped roads. I thought Camber was a place in the UK 😅
I find a bungee strap fed under my legs can hold a basket firmly and then when you've bagged up , placed around your neck to hold the carrier bag...
This is such a big help for a new user, TYVM!
Great videos. Just thought i’d let you know a handy tip you might want to pass on. When i got my first chair it wasn’t an active user chair so i kept smacking my knuckles on everything!! After my knuckles looked like raw meat I suddenly remembered some gloves i had from when i road motorcycles.
They are leather, waterproof, very comfy and most importantly have carbon fibre knuckle protection built in. I have 3 pairs, a short below wrist summer pair, a mid wrist in between pair and a long wrist winter pair with foil for in for added warmth retention.
In an unadapted house or just out and about in the countryside they are really handy protection wise and keep the grott off your hands. Take care and keep on with the videos.😊👍
Thanks for this advise.
Thank you for the great tips! Awesome to see you back in action Gem, looking forward to wheels no heals 2021 because last year has helped me so much!👍👍💪💪😁😎❤️!
Very interesting! I don't ride in a wheelchair, but I push my daughter in chair all the time. I can relate to some of your tips. There are definitely some terrains that we avoid, even on sidewalks. Large, loose gravel rocks are the worse!
My wheelchair wheels at front get stuck on the low pavements crossing over sometimes and shop doorways. I think the council should re do the pavements, makes me angry when people park on the pavement so you can't get pass
6:31 my parents would always say a triple drain meant a troll was following you 🤷🏻♀️😂
Going up hill and dealing with cambers and pot holes are such a workout 🥵 cambered paths are a nightmare when im in my wheelchair and when I’m wearing my prosthetic leg as I tend to catch my foot and stumble more. As an above knee amputee I have to constantly watch every step I make to make sure my prosthetic knee doesn’t buckle. So using my wheelchair is sometimes the better option(more often than not). The wheelchair also means I’m not using as much energy and a lot of the time it’s saves me so much more time and I’m not in so much pain. I really wish planners and engineers could come up with a better option with much less cambers like they do in Europe Bless you Gem I hope you made sure to rest up when you got home. Good on Shauno for filming and walking backwards without falling over🤗🥰🤗
Thank you for the info on the glove
I’m in Australia and even in Sydney there’s places like this I have a powered wheelchair so it’s not so bad for me. I transition sometimes here too
I've never heard the word camber before.
You might want to check the captions... you've already been 'fishing' and 'used your backend' (I'm guessing it should say Batek?) I'm deaf and rely on the captions, when they're wrong it takes me a while to work out what it should have said but by then the video has moved on...😢😢 I know I'm not the only person who uses the captions and I don't mean to be a pain, I just wanted to bring it to attention!❤❤
Ahhh thank you. I get the proffectionaly done. So its good to get some feed back. I think the aim for like 98% accuracy, Ill have a look tm. Thanks for letting me know x
QUESTION...
Please...where did you get your leg warmer...the black down comforter???????
Dealing with pavement slopes is very difficult with my rolator so I can only imagine , I also really hate the legally required slopes they put in when doing building work because of the edges and the angles they put them on I can't get my mobility scooter up them
Thank you for the video. When I was a kid it was 3 drains in a row was unlucky I still can't go over 3 drains.
What a wonderful teaching video. Thank you ever so much. As a relatively new WC user (originally in a full manual ) I was able to convert to a hybrid chair, with Yamaha NaviOne wheels, paired up with the lithium ion batteries- and it’s made all the difference in the world. I’m wondering if you have considered a hybrid chair for yourself? (Pardons if you’ve discussed this in a previous video I somehow missed. I try to watch everything you post.) Pros: A hybrid, power-assist chair makes pushing, even up steep inclines or walkways all but effortless and the batteries provide power for miles of travel. More than I’ve ever done in a single day. Cons: The power-assist wheels do make the chair significantly heavier, and perhaps most unfortunately, they are hardly inexpensive, coming in at around $8,000 US for the system. I don’t know how your country’s NHS deals with this, but would highly recommend. Best wishes and please keep your great content coming!
I knew going into it all that I would need some form of power assist, so I looked them all up and decided that SmartDrive would be the best fit for me personally, since I lift my chair in and out of the car myself whenever I go somewhere. It still has its glitches, but it's definitely better than nothing, and allows me to get out and go wherever I want, including up a really steep hill and through a field of tall grass at a park near my house, as well as along trails surfaced with packed fine gravel. I'm waiting for the day when my town puts in sidewalks everywhere there aren't any, as well as curb cuts on every corner where there are sidewalks (our streets are abysmal - on one, I'm popping a wheelie every 10-15 ft to avoid getting stuck in cracks - and in order for me to not have to be constantly crossing the road every time I have to go in the street, I'm almost always confined to the sidewalk on the left side of the street - there's only one street that has sidewalks on both sides for the entire length of it).
Pedestrians have the right of way, but dead right doesn't make one less dead.
Here in the land downunder it is compulsory to pick up your dog's feces and it is well policed. Is it the same in the UK?
You are amazing I support your Channel
Thank you so much x
I get you 1000%!! My college is sooo inaccessible!! Soo many wills! And to get from the top to bottom of campus can take me 40 mins because of the crazy rout I have to take.... when able bodied students can do it in 10-15 ... and it’d likely be impossible if I were in a powered rather than manual chair!
Do you mean manual vs power chair? Because an electric is a power chair.
I'm about to get a power chair, much against my will, partly because of the issues with inclines and all that other "fun" stuff that makes rolling around hard. As a C7 quad I no longer have the strength and endurance to deal with it all without completely wrecking myself for the day and possibly the next compared to being a T9 para when steep hills weren't even an issue
Ha ha yes typo thank you
@@davidbrouwers7309 What electric options are you looking at?
Sophia, I hope you have brought this issue to the attention of the college. If you are able to fund it a Smartdrive attachment would be very helpful in this environment.
@@kyliemccutcheon9969 I have. They’re supposed to have a shuttle but I’ve only succeeded in using it once as before the ramp was broken and or I’d wait over N hour and it would never come. I’ve had to have campus police help me in their police cars before... kinda embarrassing. The accommodations office is great but there’s only so much they can do. They do mean well even ran half way across campus when my fire got stuck in the crack in the ledge of the door and couldn’t get out. They want to make it better but their ability to help is limited unfortunately.
I love your channel!
Excellent educational Video Gem. I am a new fan. Can I suggest if you are using your chair more outside, you change to a slightly bigger front castor or wheels. U don't notice so many bumps ie those blind footpath bumps and it will also help you get up footpaths easier. But great Job.
Every street in Philadelphia is so sloped it's like going sideways up a mountain
You should do a video like this in Worthing. The pavements and roads are horrendous and dangerous for chair users. Add delivery vams on the pavements and it makes it impossible to stay safe.
Amazing video ma'am
Lots of love from India 💚💚
I wish I had started watching this young lady when she first started this vlog. This one is very interesting... I'd like to know what the curbs are like there compared to the US. Where I live, the curbs are like two inches. When you hit certain parts of the city, there are no curbs.
I am visually impaired and have had mobility services since I was young, is there something similar people when they become wheelchair users to help them learn to do things like you mention staying on top of the camber, rolling over the domes, doing wheelies over the curb, looking ahead etc. etc.
So exhausting. No wonder you purchased a power wheel. lol
when was the last time they resurface the footpath it looks like about 100 years ago haha
People who don't have to use a wheelchair never realize some walkways have very slight inclines.
As visiually impared I notice that, tilting roads and generally bad paving. My "eye" (My white stick)get stuck all the time in cracks and on lumps and bumps, so for you on wheels it must be a real nuisance! I complain about the difficulties, but rarely anything gets done about it, we are to few to make it "economical" for them to bother...
@@klasandersson7522 I spent a day a Disney World and by the end of the day, my shoulders hurts so bad I was almost in tears
@@jasonosborn5726 Ouch!!! 😣 All I have to show for it is the extra time it takes to get to/find point A to B and a sore shoulder...
My friend has a wheelchair and i hate how hard she work on pavement 😬
I had a nightmare experience navigating my town in a powerchair whilst my car was in for its mot. So many times I had to go on the main road due to no dropped kerbs. There were many super narrow paths with high kerbs. I'm a new user which added to the adventure! Where did you get your leg wrap from please? I want to find one that doesn't cover my feet.
I think she made a video on how she turned a winter coat into a leg wrap, I can't remember the title though!
If you are using a powerchair, most of the issues are a lot easier to handle except the camber. On a sidewalk with a large slant (camber) of the sidewalk, you can’t drive straight. If you try driving straight ahead, you keep ending up heading for the low point of the sidewalk.
Yes this is exactly what I found i had not expected it. I also fin that when I leave go of the joystick to stop its not quick enough and I worry about rolling I to the road and then when I do stop I am pointing in the wrong direction. Fun and games
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And if it very sloped the nothing you can do to stop rolling in to the road. People don't understand that is safe to be in the road. 😢
Do you have to have balance to be able to hold a wheelie?
hi..can you share with us on how you clean your wheelchair after going out in a rain or muddy road or snow..and also what do you do when you go to the store and your wheelchair and hand is dirty from the kinda muddy road..
bcz i always lazy to go out after rain,bcz i'm too lazy to clean up my wheelchair after that..hahah..
thank you..
Hi Gem nice video Hi Sean o an D B have a great day love from TEXAS
You really are a pro I do go in the road a lot to as a lot easier
I use electric chair and even with that I experience same issues
I am able bodied, but like to be empathetic to other's needs. So I actually went away for a weekend (2 nights), solo, using just a wheelchair from when I arrived to when I left, even in my hotel room. Fatigue was quite an issue. By bed time my arms ached from the effort. Other little insights. If you go into a lift forwards, when you get to your floor, you are arriving backwards, and the first time at that floor you don't know what is there! And opening the street door was something else. There was a little step, only about an inch, but I had to jump the casters on to it, then put the key in to open it without falling back off the step, then barge the door open against spring pressure. Quite easy if the door is held open for you, but seriously difficult when alone.
Another insight from a different situation. I was working as a mobile mechanic. The car I was working on was blocking the pavement, and my van was in the street. Quiet residential street, little traffic, so unlikely to cause a problem. However, while my head was buried under the bonnet, I heard a voice saying, "Find a way, find a way". It was a blind lady with a guide dog. The dog had stopped because of the obstruction, but the lady had no idea what was there. Once I was alerted to the problem, I apologised to the lady, and explained that it was necessary to walk into the street to get past. And obviously I made sure it was safe with no cars coming. Just goes to show that something that looks like no problem to an able bodied person can be quite a difficulty to someone else.
Best wishes to you and Shaun (Sean?).
do you have any issues with cars parking on the footpath and you can't get past them so you have to go back and find a driveway to go down
it's not good on a busy road especially if you're on your own and we often come across broken glass on the footpath as well
Yes i live opposite a special needs school parents always park on the pavement and often accross my drive. Meaning i cant get out, and if i do i can't get along the pavement. I am in a power chair but camber is a real problem, as soon as the castors get a track they are off and they take me with them no matter what you do with the joystick
@@theangijt yes I know exactly what you mean it has happened to me in the past that's why I use my batec when I leave the house now
if I get stuck in the power chair I need someone to help me get unstuck using the batec I can unclip it and move it forward and reconnect again without any help
How do you deal with crossing the road when there's a steep camber and uphill? I've had so many cars being impatient and that's nowhere else to cross.
What brand of cosy toes are you using here?
Good🇲🇨
The city council really needs to do better with the roads....as a non-wheelchair user I am already livid seeing the conditions you constantly have to navigate in
Hi, tips for snow?
I love your chanel and your so sweet even though your desaibled.
Camber kills me
Great video, no suggestion since im generally a walking person. I did want to say that your great funny tiktoks inspired me to start doing some myself 😊 my nickname there is "merferrets" (like otters cause they're mermaid ferrets)
Oh cool, Ill have to check it out. Im glad you enjoy my tiktoks xx
I just realized I never officially followed you, just searched for you regularly. Officially following now haha
I use electric wheelchair. I've had a few, I would caution anyone thinking of getting rear wheel drive chair, you come to a camber or downhill and the chair has a mind of it's own! I've had 2 rear wheel drive chairs try to kill me! I now have mid wheel drive chair and no problems.
An electric chair shouldn't move unless you tell it to, though. Whether it's switched on or off, as long as it's not in manual mode, it should remain completely still until you tell it to move.
I had this with roads and nettles.
@mydogeatspuke Ideally, yes. However, in practice, if whilst moving you come to a slope with a rear wheel drive, you're going down that slope wether you want to or not.
A very tired road! :O
Think I’ll swap to black jackets, my sleeves always become disgusting
My town is full of lovely tree-lined steets. Well, they LOOK lovely - until you try to push along the pavements, where the tree roots are undermining the surface. Plus, I live on a rise, so you have to go downhill to get to town. I hope you tweeted this video to your local council highways department. But they'll probably use the pandemic as an excuse not to do anything. So many things we need are pushed to the back burner, as if we don't count. 😤
one of the big problems..but on a powerchair no problems..
This is good but still harder for a electric chair
is this common in the UK? I've never seen sidewalks that look so uneven?
I have been a full time wheelchair user as of January this year.
My house has stairs and the area where I live isn’t wheelchair accessible and it’s so upsetting because I can’t go out by myself
What is cambr?
Camber is the slope of a surface. Pavement usually cambers toward the road to drain water toward the gutter. On broken pavement you get camber in multiple directions.
@@kyliemccutcheon9969 Thank you
Why dont people in wheelchairs use electric chairs?
it's always frustrating when you have to move about in tight areas, not made for wheelchairs, because you use your hands to maneuver around and sometimes your hands get squeezed trying to get from point a to b, people just don't get it, I've actually had people just stare instead help, really?
Mrs Gemma Hubbard, I'm repeating myself here. Will you consider creating a video where you learn how to cut hair. No chemicals used. Clipper/Trimmer manufacturer, Wahl, have a multitude of tution videos online for you to view. You see, if you do it others' will follow. I have a Wahl Clipper to send to you for free if you choose to do it. Your husband likely has a beard trimmer already. Self-grooming well is important for the disabled. You can show them how to cut others hair, too. It is easy. Have a look at the Wahl haircutting videos first. Whatever you do, others will do it too.
Brad Mondo already has great tutorials on how to cut your own hair at home. No need to recreate the wheel!
@@evercuriousmichelle ...Thanks for showing me another TH-cam hairdresser. At first glance, Brad Mondo seems to use chemicals. I'm just thinking on haircutting and nothing else.
@@bertiepimplebum5633 Yes, he does use chemicals, but I've found his haircutting tutorials to be beginner friendly!
My neighbours always wonder why I go down the middle of the road on our street (cul-de-saq) when there are pavements on either side.
The thing is, the pavement has a lot of camber and is very uneven.
I've tried telling them why, but they still don't understand.
As for the dog poo, I actually ended up in hospital a few years ago from running through dog poo.
i actually clicked this ready to start dissing a self entitled whiney disabled person wanting the pavements changed im happy to say you earned my respect not a single complaint just a good informative video i wish you all the best
I'm sorry, but why shouldn't disabled complain about condition of pavements and lack of drop curbs?
@@reachandler3655 the camber is a needed feature to allow the rain water to flow into the edge of the road and into the drains drop curbs are already placed where they are needed and if to meny are used it causes drainage problems and safety problems the curb is a safety feature aswell and the quality of the pavements is something the council just cant afford to fix for the very small amount of disabled people that use them there already good enuf
@@danevanz2041 There are places I have to use the road as there is no way to get onto the path, some places there is drop curb one end of path but not the other, and some paths I haveto avoid because they are so bad I broke teeth! If a road was that bad there would be uproar, but us disabled are supposed to just put up with it?
@@reachandler3655 yes you are maybe you shud look at the positives the uk are world leaders when it comes to helping the disabled every house that is built today is built with disabled people in mind from level access front doors to 900mm wide interior doors every new housing estate is also built with the paths designed to make life easy for disabled every new shop and shopping center also is made with disabled in mind there is no other country in the world where the disabled are so well looked after even our bus and train services accomodate the disabled very well if you really are expecting the councils to fix every tiny issue you have on roads and pavements across the whole country then you are the self entitled whiney disabled person i would be refering to oh and dont get me started on the benefits the disabled get would you like me to contineu because i could go on for days about the things this country does to help the disabled
@@danevanz2041 I'm not saying this country is bad to disabled, I'm not saying paths should be as smooth as ice rinks. Yes, it's good that there are new homes and shopping centres that are built with disabled in mind, not that all disabled can take advantage of this. Yes, it's good that there is now wheelchair access on public transport. But just because the UK is better than other countries doesn't mean we should be mute if there's a problem!