Wheelchair
noun
A chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability.
After his accident, he had to use a wheelchair to move around.
Often appears as...
- wheelchair accessible
- wheelchair user
noun
A symbol or representation of accessibility for individuals with physical disabilities.
The wheelchair icon on the restroom door indicates that it is accessible for differently abled individuals.
Often appears as...
- wheelchair symbol
- wheelchair icon
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability.
After his accident, he had to use a wheelchair to move around.
Often appears as...
- wheelchair accessible
- wheelchair user
noun
A symbol or representation of accessibility for individuals with physical disabilities.
The wheelchair icon on the restroom door indicates that it is accessible for differently abled individuals.
Often appears as...
- wheelchair symbol
- wheelchair icon
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Context Usage
Use 'wheelchair' to emphasize the tool aiding mobility, not the person's condition.
The museum offers free wheelchairs to visitors who need them.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Remember 'wheelchair' refers to the aid, not identity; don't use it to label people.
Many wheelchair users lead very active lives.
Pro Tip 3/3Accessibility Focus
'Wheelchair accessible' used to describe places easy to enter or use for wheelchair users.
The new public library is fully wheelchair accessible.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Usage
Use 'wheelchair' to emphasize the tool aiding mobility, not the person's condition.
The museum offers free wheelchairs to visitors who need them.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Remember 'wheelchair' refers to the aid, not identity; don't use it to label people.
Many wheelchair users lead very active lives.
Pro Tip 3/3Accessibility Focus
'Wheelchair accessible' used to describe places easy to enter or use for wheelchair users.
The new public library is fully wheelchair accessible.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Usage
Use 'wheelchair' to emphasize the tool aiding mobility, not the person's condition.
The museum offers free wheelchairs to visitors who need them.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
Remember 'wheelchair' refers to the aid, not identity; don't use it to label people.
Many wheelchair users lead very active lives.
Pro Tip 3/3Accessibility Focus
'Wheelchair accessible' used to describe places easy to enter or use for wheelchair users.
The new public library is fully wheelchair accessible.
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The urgent need for...
and we cannot recover from that until we commit ourselves to a process of truth and reconciliation so I think this matters because we've got to create a new relationship to this history of giving a talk one time in an older man came into the church while I was talking he was in a wheelchair older black man he was sitting in the back and when I
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Frida Kahlo: The woman...
she experienced life-long health complications and endured many hospitalizations. She often contemplated the physical and psychological effects of disability in her work; painting herself in agony, recuperating from operations, or including objects such as her back brace and wheelchair.
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Deep sea diving ... in a...
when an extended illness changed the way I could access the world when I started using the wheelchair it was a tremendous new freedom I'd seen my life slip away and become restricted it was like having an enormous new toy I could whizz around
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How a Woman's Donated...
human beings are need to be treated as a whole that's what's important to me she knew the intimacy's of sectioning a body the way we do she actually rolled her wheelchair into the freezer and looked
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What does this symbol...
others to steer traffic or advance political causes. But there's one whose main purpose is to help people. You may know it as the wheelchair symbol, or a sign for people with disabilities,
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New bionics let us run,...
Sadly, because of deficiencies in technology, disability is rampant in the world. This gentleman is missing three limbs. As a testimony to current technology, he is out of the wheelchair,
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I'm not your inspiration,...
And in fact, I am sitting on this stage looking like I do in this wheelchair, and you are probably kind of expecting me to inspire you. Right? Yeah. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid
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Can you make a wildlife...
the wildlife and adventure series produced by bbc studios natural history unit and a full-time wheelchair user i'll be taking on a series of fast turnaround shoots in remote and
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Flame-Throwing...
of it I love fire life controlling fire always had my whole life it's like I started with fire went to electric vehicles but now I'm into the wheelchair thing all of
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A Tragic Accident Left...
I started dancing in my wheelchair after my accident there was no one to help me I had to do it all on my own so I wanted it to be an easier way for
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The urgent need for...
and we cannot recover from that until we commit ourselves to a process of truth and reconciliation so I think this matters because we've got to create a new relationship to this history of giving a talk one time in an older man came into the church while I was talking he was in a wheelchair older black man he was sitting in the back and when I
Video examples
Frida Kahlo: The woman...
she experienced life-long health complications and endured many hospitalizations. She often contemplated the physical and psychological effects of disability in her work; painting herself in agony, recuperating from operations, or including objects such as her back brace and wheelchair.
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Deep sea diving ... in a...
when an extended illness changed the way I could access the world when I started using the wheelchair it was a tremendous new freedom I'd seen my life slip away and become restricted it was like having an enormous new toy I could whizz around
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How a Woman's Donated...
human beings are need to be treated as a whole that's what's important to me she knew the intimacy's of sectioning a body the way we do she actually rolled her wheelchair into the freezer and looked
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What does this symbol...
others to steer traffic or advance political causes. But there's one whose main purpose is to help people. You may know it as the wheelchair symbol, or a sign for people with disabilities,
Video examples
New bionics let us run,...
Sadly, because of deficiencies in technology, disability is rampant in the world. This gentleman is missing three limbs. As a testimony to current technology, he is out of the wheelchair,
Video examples
I'm not your inspiration,...
And in fact, I am sitting on this stage looking like I do in this wheelchair, and you are probably kind of expecting me to inspire you. Right? Yeah. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid
Video examples
Can you make a wildlife...
the wildlife and adventure series produced by bbc studios natural history unit and a full-time wheelchair user i'll be taking on a series of fast turnaround shoots in remote and
Video examples
Flame-Throwing...
of it I love fire life controlling fire always had my whole life it's like I started with fire went to electric vehicles but now I'm into the wheelchair thing all of
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A Tragic Accident Left...
I started dancing in my wheelchair after my accident there was no one to help me I had to do it all on my own so I wanted it to be an easier way for
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Quote examples
Akkineni Nagarjuna
Indian Actor
I've seen my mom confined to a wheelchair in the last three years of her life. Both her knees had given way, and there was no way she could undergo surgery at her age. Even though I was concerned for her, I didn't know at that time what she had to go through.
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Tony Judt
British Historian
No one wants to live in a wheelchair unable to talk, only winking once for yes and twice for no. It's perfectly reasonable that there will come a point where the balance of judgment of life over death swings the other way.
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Teri Garr
American Actress
I feel very badly about anybody that's sick and in a wheelchair or not doing well. But you know, you have to go, 'Life is a poker game, and we're going to play our cards somehow.
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Yayoi Kusama
Japanese Artist
I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That's why I'm in a wheelchair: I've been doing it physically - it's hard labour - throughout my life.
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Mary Lou Jepsen
American Businesswoman
I was going blind, and I was in a wheelchair. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life living with my parents.
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Ram Dass
American Psychologist
The universe is an example of love. Like a tree. Like the ocean. Like my body. Like my wheelchair. I see the love.
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Betsey Johnson
American Designer
It's just been so heartwarming to see my clothes on people in wheelchairs and people needing physical support.
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Steve Earle
American Musician
My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.
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Stella Young
Australian Comedian
Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities.
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Victoria Arlen
American Journalist
I was told that I would be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life.
Quote examples
Akkineni Nagarjuna
Indian Actor
I've seen my mom confined to a wheelchair in the last three years of her life. Both her knees had given way, and there was no way she could undergo surgery at her age. Even though I was concerned for her, I didn't know at that time what she had to go through.
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Tony Judt
British Historian
No one wants to live in a wheelchair unable to talk, only winking once for yes and twice for no. It's perfectly reasonable that there will come a point where the balance of judgment of life over death swings the other way.
Quote examples
Teri Garr
American Actress
I feel very badly about anybody that's sick and in a wheelchair or not doing well. But you know, you have to go, 'Life is a poker game, and we're going to play our cards somehow.
Quote examples
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese Artist
I have done all the work myself, not assistants. That's why I'm in a wheelchair: I've been doing it physically - it's hard labour - throughout my life.
Quote examples
Mary Lou Jepsen
American Businesswoman
I was going blind, and I was in a wheelchair. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life living with my parents.
Quote examples
Ram Dass
American Psychologist
The universe is an example of love. Like a tree. Like the ocean. Like my body. Like my wheelchair. I see the love.
Quote examples
Betsey Johnson
American Designer
It's just been so heartwarming to see my clothes on people in wheelchairs and people needing physical support.
Quote examples
Steve Earle
American Musician
My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.
Quote examples
Stella Young
Australian Comedian
Personally, I like a generous side of wheelchair access with my cities.
Quote examples
Victoria Arlen
American Journalist
I was told that I would be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life.
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