Swiss Miss wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:07 pm
AlohaPineapple wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 7:03 pm
I’m a 24/7 wheelchair user so can’t walk at all. The kids planning with the wheelchair like a toy made me irrationally angry. These are not toys!!!!! They are medical equipment!!!! Much needed medical equipment! What would they do if they broke it and then they needed to bring Daniel’s dad to an appointment? They’d be SOL. Someone in the comments said they should do a challenge where they spend 24 hours in a wheelchair and that infuriated me. If KD do that video, I will be pissed. Pretending to be a wheelchair user for a day, knowing that these hardships and obstacles will disappear when the 24 hours are over makes it a completely different experience. Wheelchair users deal with ableism and inaccessibility every single day, they lose friends because they can’t do things like they used to, they have the stress of surgeries and tests and doctors, etc. Being a wheelchair user is SO MUCH MORE than sitting in a wheelchair for a day.
I’m sorry you have to watch this. Disabilities are hard and for them to see a wheelchair as a toy is beyond inappropriate.
Hampton seems to be very capable of walking/running so how he can’t make it around Disney without a stroller seems questionable. They always claim he NEEDS a stroller due to his disabilities. Perhaps they can get Hampton a wheelchair too….or maybe they can’t because it’s clear parental laziness doesn’t qualify anyone to get a wheelchair.
Evie seems to be having a reasonably normal teenage lifestyle. However kendal does need to losen the reigns and let Evie be that teenager!
Thank you kindly!!! Wheelchairs are freedom to use users, we couldn’t get around without them, so seeing them treat it as a toy is frustrating, especially that Kendal got in on it and was being pushed around too. The kids, fine, they don’t know better but not only is K an adult with a lot more life experience, she was a nurse and should know better.
I think they bring the stroller because it’s a way they can contain Bones so they don’t have to watch him constantly to make sure he doesn’t run off. They are doing Bones a major disservice by doing this. With muscles and joints, if you don’t use them, you will lose them. If they keep him in a stroller, he may get to the point he *needs* it because of muscle weakness from deconditioning. I’m not from the US but in my experience, if Bones actually needs that stroller, his OT would have got him a wheelchair that is comfortable and fitted to his size rather than squeezing into a stroller that he’s way too old for. I would think KD would like him getting a wheelchair; it would be a great story arc over many videos and would draw more attention to them.
I’m glad EV seems to be having fun and real teenage experiences! I’m happy for her! But like you said, they need to back off with the helicopter parenting. EV should be able to hang out with C without her family and siblings tagging along. They’re both 17 years old which is a very reasonable age to be dating and should be able to hang out on their own. EV doesn’t seem to know who she is, she just mirrors her mom; she needs some freedom to do things and make mistakes and learn and grow into who she truly is.