wheelchair user
Mobility chair occupant
A wheelchair user is a person who uses a wheelchair for mobility, whether due to paralysis, injury, chronic illness, or other conditions affecting walking.
The term is preferred over "wheelchair-bound" or "confined to a wheelchair," which imply limitation rather than simply describing how someone gets around: The building added ramps for wheelchair users.
- rampSloped connecting surface
- disability prideEmbracing one's functional differences
- curb cutsSloped sidewalk transitions
- accessible bathroomRestroom accommodating physical disabilities
- curbside pickupOutdoor order retrieval
mobility aid · accessibility · disability rights · assistive · ADA · blue badge · spinal cord injury · para-athlete · universal design · barrier-free · inclusion · electric · independence · ableism · quadriplegia · representation · push · adaptive sports
- disabled peopleamputee, paraplegic, quadriplegic, blind person, deaf person
- road userspedestrian, pedestrians, cyclist, cyclists, motorist
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- walkerswalker, pedestrian, hiker, hikers, rambler
- Disabilitiesblind, paralysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment
- seniorssenior citizens, senior, elderly, old woman, old lady