Question by Fuhr: Why do wheelchair users get a different treatment in sociaty than others?for example when you are standing and talking to someone in a wheelchair
any type of wheeled mobility device manual or electric or a wheelchair pushed by someone
try to think of any times you talked to someone in a wheelchair
please only answer truth fully and if you do not need a wheelchair to get around to live youre life
thanks for youre help and understanding
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Best answer:Answer by Tall Willow
Because as a species, we're wary of anyone "different." I'm not saying that it's justified, just that it is.
That being said, I try to make sure I talk to people who use wheelchairs the same way I talk to anyone else. If we're having a substantial conversation, and there's somewhere for me to sit, I try to do so. That way I'll be a the same approximate level.
OTOH, it's more likely a passing conversation and/or somewhere there's no seat for me, so I have to look downwards at them. Not that I don't have the same need with a lot of people; I'm tall for a woman, and at or above the average height for a man, so I'm taller than about 3/4's of the population.
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