Personal Experience

Personal Experience - Observational Data

Kim borrowed a wheelchair so that we as a group, before class on Monday, could each experience for a couple hours different scenarios as a wheelchair user.

In this video, you can see how I struggle to navigate with the chair, to control the directions I wheel in.

This video shows the effort it takes for me to go on a slight incline. I'd also like to point out my posture and how I keep bending forward. From the video it looks as uncomfortable as it felt.

In this video, when I'm going downhill, it was a lot easier but I was scared of going to fast so constantly had my hands on the wheel as breaks to slow myself down.

I'm using the ramps that are available for wheelchair users, the incline was slightly more steep than I expected but the overall experience was alright it was however near the end slightly more difficult as I started to get tired. 

When going into the lift, I had to wheel backwards, I was a bit lost on how to complete a u-turn. The hardest thing for me, was actually opening the doors and pushing myself by. The first door I push in this video in F Block was very scary on the way back due to the stairs.

In J block, after we rolled down the bridge, an important thing to note is that I couldn't actually see into the windows they were too high for me in the chair. 

Coming back from J block was hard due to the incline and the heavy door. I was starting to get tired at the end of it.

In this video Kim, shows her slight difficulties in getting into the bathroom. Trying to transfer from your wheelchair to the toilet is not an easy task. When Kim was washing her hands, and when I experienced it myself, I can say how awkward it is to sit down and do it when you're so used to doing it standing up. You really have to lean forward. 

The scruff marks on the door are also important to note as they were most likely caused by other wheelchair users. Knocking and scraping against doors is a common thing,