Tips for Newbie Wheelies Jokes

Tips for Newbie Wheelies Jokes

Laughing About Disability

If you’re new to the chair, consider these tips for Newbie Wheelies Jokes. But first, please consider the question, “Is it okay to laugh about disability?”

Humour is a powerful tool for coping, connecting, and even teaching. However, it’s not okay to make jokes about someone else’s disability. But it’s perfectly OK to laugh about yourself, your disabilities and how you navigate life.

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Tips for Newbie Wheelies Jokes

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – door frames are magnets for your knuckles.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – airline hostesses will distract you as the baggage handlers damage your wheelchair.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – many accessible toilets are either locked, broken, or storing furniture.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – stay clear of drunk friends. They will either push your chair too fast, or want to sit on your lap, or tip you out so they can use your chair to get home.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users: children will ask you questions that adults are too afraid to ask.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users: going downhill is fun, and uphill work builds character, fitness, and perseverance.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – be suspicious of phrases that include “it’s accessible”.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – some people will talk to your carer and not you. Tell them “Hi. I can talk!”

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – expect strangers to congratulate you for leaving the house.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – the footplates of your chair are magnets for people’s shins.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – movie cinemas put wheelchair spots either in the neck-straining first row or in the back row, where the cinema screen is as big as your home TV.

• A tip for newbie wheelchair users – your wheelchair is essentially like a VIP pass. Use it as often as you can.