Wheelchair Problems Essay

There are well over 70 million wheelchair bound people around the world. Some facilities and services are supplied to them to help them fit into society, But these “Solutions” are inadequate. Accessibility, Financial support, and conforming to society are some major problems that many wheelchair users face. In this document, I will state some possible solutions to this very prominent problem.

The rights of the general, able bodied population apply to people in wheelchairs as well. Human Rights legislation, gives people with disabilities the right to; be treated as equals, choose where to live and who to live with, go to school and choose where they go to school, vote, have children, be part of their community, work and choose what work to do. But in reality this is simply not the case.

Schools, businesses and society in general, often disregard disabled people. This is usually because they either do not have the facilities, compassion, or understanding to provide what is required or to recognise what the individual has

This should begin in our school system. If children are exposed to wheelchair users from infancy at school, they will they will accept these people as part of their everyday lives. This means that when they grow up and become a responsible member of society, they will automatically take wheelchair users into consideration. For example; Architects and builders will automatically design facilities for optimum wheelchair access and business owners will give wheelchair users equal consideration when hiring.

Legislation designed to protect the rights of the disabled needs to be upheld. For example; Any principal that does not allow, or discourages a disabled child to attend their school should be prosecuted. Another example; any bus driver that does not let a person in a wheelchair aboard their bus should also face criminal charges (or at least their company