Am I Riding a Wheelchair or a Motorbike? 🏍️😂♿

[@fregaeffe]

at 1:03 she said "ehm... i think in the other side, right?" she was speaking Italian because she was asking confirmation to the other guy

[@ultraviolettas]

“It’s better to see some rather than none” I need that glass half full mentality when dreaming/planning for a trip outside the US with a wheelchair. You’re so casual and you take it as water off a ducks back when somewhere isn’t accessible, whereas I would be emotionally crushed and panicked as hours of remote pre emptive planning turned out to be based on faulty facts. Especially when I’m on my own. I get so emotional when I can’t get somewhere, especially somewhere I planned and paid far in advance for. Detailed planning is what makes me feel safe and steady. That turns into not planning on going anywhere at all just based on the fear of inaccessibility. I need to lighten up! And you’ve convinced me to get one of those front attaching motor wheelchair attachments for cobblestones and hills! How long does the battery last you?

[@WheelieAwesomeAdventures]

When I was in Naples this year (quadriplegic) I did Amalfi and Pompeii by wheelchair van. Those motorized attachments can go 10-20 miles.

[@markwhiting4078]

It's like this in Portugal, in Portugal, especially in Lisbon all the footpaths are paved with all those cobble stones, I know this as a visually impaired person using a white cane, I have visited a lot of places.

[@xRicCi]

Speaking about vending machines in Japan, I remember you can get cold coffee cans throughout the country at vending machines. Also, Where you take the Shinkansen at the train station, there is a dedicated coffee vending machine on the platform that serves brewed hot and cold coffee and you can watch it live through a camera!

[@AirTMZ]

Cold and hot pretty much all throughout, you're 100% correct

[@xRicCi]

@@AirTMZ Was just there in October! ^_^ Hai!

[@AirTMZ]

@@xRicCi Went last December and going again in May. Super excited... It can't come soon enough

[@sharonobryan9713]

Wheelchair for sure, with an assisting device. It does make a difference in some places. I hate when people call my motorized wheelchair a scooter, but I wouldn't say anything. It feels like they are implying I'm having fun with something optional. Although maybe I am, because if the trip isn't too far, too long, or restrictive about how long I have to get around, I can and prefer my manual chair.

[@BhappyD]

Also a wheelchair user, but personally, to me I don’t really mind the association that much, as at least they are associating it with something positive rather than something limiting. To me my wheelchair is the equivalent of independence, and it’s not all that different to a scooter in those terms. Scooters help people get to places and do things they wouldn’t be able to do otherwise, so in that sense it is similar. Sure it would be ideal to refer to our wheelchair as a wheelchair, but there are definitely worse comparisons people can make.

[@N0N4M30]

The accessible bathroom is a joke With all the money they make with tourists they can and have to invest in better accessible bathrooms pls file a complaint to the Italian minister who is taking care of accessible areas There are laws in Europe and you’re clearly being discriminated on this whole journey If you don’t do something about it it won’t ever change