There are various reasons for somebody to make himself comfortable in a wheelchair. I won’t go into any more detail concerning this point. With a little practice you can guess what has happened to this guy who crosses your way twenty meters before you’re close to him.

I would like to mention at this point that most of us just aren’t able to walk or to walk anymore, and apart from that the neuronal networking is at least at the same level with the average population.

It is not necessary to reject anybody who isn`t able to walk anymore and send him into retirement. There are too little jobs for wheelers!!

On TV you sometimes see actors doing pleasure rides in a wheelchair. An affected person would never take a seat in such a crap chair. A real wheeler brings his own requisite.

At advertising shots for technical aids like wheelchairs, handcycles, wheelchair accessories and special clothing I demand a few jobs for us. Indeed due to the paralysis the belly gets a little bigger, but with Photoshop you can retouch this without any problems.

Recently a glossy promotional sheet for wheeler clothing fluttered into my mailbox.

That’s not bad though so you always keep up to date what is hip regarding clothing, colours and accessoires during the next wheelchair season.

The supposed „colleague“ has a top handcycle with motor support harnessed to his wheelchair. This is even a special type of handcycle for a quadriplegic like me, who barely can or are completely disabled to grasp. When driving the hands are fixed and you change gears with your chin.

At least the model, probably a pedestrian or a paraplegic who has never seen a handcycle before, should have had to be told how to grasp the handles.

Does that always have to attract my attention only?

There they are, our jobs…!!!

Hands in handles should look roughly like this, look at my picture:

I don’t look too bad for a model, do I? OK, the belly is cut off

Translator Teo

I am attributing the development of this technical aid exclusively to the excessive consumption of the finest high quality medication.
Otherwise this special construction is hardly explicable retrospectively.
With this

Thermo Transport box

which can be fixed around the wheelchair I might get a minijob as pizza boy.

In this box not only the pizza stays hot, but alternatively the beer stays cold as well.

Translator BL

Until my accident I was working as service technician at Frankfurt Airport for a widely known broom yellow logistician.
The building is one of the largest at the airport with a great view onto the airfield.
In the topmost floor there is a big room,

The Sky Lounge

in which management meetings, press conferences,… are held.
I have been once a year in this room just to inspect a ladder.

On 24.06.2010 I received in the Sky Lounge an official

Farewell!

At this point many thanks again to the initiators of this event.
I still can’t believe what happened there.

I know, I am lagging behind for a few days with this blogpost, but I needed some time to let it sink in.

Translator BL

Many wheelers receive an invalidity pension.

An additional income of 400 € is possible provided that a job is found.

The search for a new meaningful job turns out to be rather difficult sometimes because according to general opinion the brain activity is limited significantly as well after permanently giving up to touch the ground with the feet.
Sometimes I even believe it myself.

Everybody knows the situation: You are in a department store and looking for ages until a suitable piece of clothing has been found. The saleswomen are all extremely busy, but storm towards you in hordes to bring the chosen piece to the cash counter.

In department stores there are no shopping trolleys either, so that the quantity of pieces of clothing to buy is limited by the weight and carrying capacity of your arms.
Now he comes into operation:

Wheelchair shopping trolley and advisor for power shoppers

For the elderly you can make yourself available as rollator/walker as well.
Above 800 kg sold clothing the additional income limit is reached.

Translator BL

Many wheelers receive an invalidity pension.

An additional income of 400 € is possible provided that a job is found.

The search for a new meaningful job turns out to be rather difficult sometimes because according to general opinion the brain activity is limited significantly as well after permanently giving up to touch the ground with the feet.
Sometimes I even believe it myself.

Everybody knows the situation: You are in a department store and looking for ages until a suitable piece of clothing has been found. The saleswomen are all extremely busy, but storm towards you in hordes to bring the chosen piece to the cash counter.

In department stores there are no shopping trolleys either, so that the quantity of pieces of clothing to buy is limited by the weight and carrying capacity of your arms.
Now he comes into operation:

Wheelchair shopping trolley and advisor for power shoppers

For the elderly you can make yourself available as rollator/walker as well.
Above 800 kg sold clothing the additional income limit is reached.

Translator BL