Can’t catch a break

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Cake day: 2023年10月12日

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  • I am an occasional rollator user and my partner is an occasional wheelchair user! (Different needs.)

    If you’re driving, kind of sucks. Unless you have a more spendy, lighter wheelchair, the wheelchair is a bit heavy to get in and out of vehicle. (I have hurt my back dealing with my partner’s chair, but I am short.) The rollator is still a bit bulky, but they also fold like a wheelchair but are also smaller and lighter.

    I haven’t used public transportation with these types of mobility aids. But I have seen wheelchair users get strapped in separately. You would need to hold your rollator in front of you.

    I haven’t had trouble in a restaurant with either one. With a rollator, I put it between me and the (vacant) chair next to me. Never tried a booth because I wasn’t sure where to put the rollator.

    If you’re going to a place where you would use a cart (like shopping), you need to handle the rollator somehow. I usually leave it in my car, but I’m not sure how you’d handle this if you took public transportation.











  • My partner has a similar deal going on. She also needs specialty shoes because of a condition. She would get sneakers, since they were in style. My advice comes from this experience. She cannot wear anything that isn’t flat to the ground due to the aforementioned foot condition and her styles available to her are limited.

    If you want to minimize your foot, choose darker colors. It doesn’t have to be black, you could go for brown, gray, or blue. A dark shoe with some light accents would also be fine. Choose styles that aren’t just one color/flat texture. It needs to be broken up with some sort of detail. You don’t need to worry about this with sneakers, since they always seem to have something going on, even ones that are all one color.

    Avoid this, which is pretty same-y in the front A Chelsea boot with very little detail

    This has a little more going on and doesn’t look like one big, unbroken expanse

    The other thing: look at the rest of your outfit.

    I think skinny jeans or regular leggings (where you’re not wearing them under something like a skirt) would highlight your feet since these will just visually get smaller from your rear to your feet, until your feet. It would definitely cause a lot of contrast. Skirts should be fine, or any cut of jeans not skinny.

    But of course, these are just suggestions. Only take the guidelines you like, and rock whatever you want. Fuck the haters.