♿️WHEELCHAIR CHALLENGE ♿️ Can my husband do the simplest of tasks in my wheelchair? 🫣

[@sarahmacintosh6449]

Two magic words: magnetic doorstop. I can't imagine my front door without one. Seriously the best ten dollars I ever spent. This was super funny to watch though! He's such a good sport 😊

[@Amberleiful]

I REALLY wish I had someone in my life willing to do the wheelchair challenge! Good job, Shaun! Great idea Gem!!!

[@piekpoek8367]

Going to the shops looks easy but is not when the road is not even. I love your videos. ❤❤❤

[@joemyers5302]

I love these videos where an able bodied person sees how difficult seemingly simple things are for us. The parrot you are seeing is probably a Ring Necked Parakeet, an introduced species that's spreading everywhere.

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Glad you enjoyed it. Ooo are they predominantly green? Polly is mostly green

[@ecologist_to_be]

​​@@WheelsnoheelsYeah i had a ringneck and they are bright green in colour usually with a ring round neck if male x

[@SheilaRough]

Have you considered getting a longer ramp so the incline is more gradual? When we had the ramp built for mom , the incline was too steep for me to push her up without difficulty. The handyman rebuilt the ramp so it extended about a foot or so longer and the incline was easier for me to push mom up in her wheelchair

[@victoriabarnes5981]

You do make a very good point! As a child, I always watched the para-olympics and was in awe of the hard work and effort people put into becoming the best they could! We are in the 21st century! To look at people as 'less than' or 'embarrassing' because of mobility aids is just ridiculous! No one chooses to have a disability! If using wheelchairs or blades or anything else enables you to lead your best life, do it! X

[@teresagabriela5806]

I’m learning so much from you and your family. As newly diagnosed ALS person who will be in a wheel chair soon you bring the humanity to this and give me hope.

[@winklepicking3202]

I know the ramp is much better than before Gem, but with my decking ramp we have a square flat area right outside the door, so there’s no need to hold or put breaks on as you unlock/open the door, then have the ramp go from there, yes it’ll go further into your front garden but WAYYYY easier, I also have screwed on grippers on the decking for more grip not only that but it’ll stop it being slippy for daisy and Shaun too, tweaking that ramp won’t take much, but will make so much difference to your everyday life. I think you should also call out cyclone too, the tilt whilst your connected to the batec is too much in my opinion your casters don’t need to be that high off the ground xx

[@orion_13]

The part i loved... "get your own brick"

[@SheilaRough]

The doorways of our house are kinda narrow, so when I'd be pushing mom into her bedroom, I'd yell "elbows" to remind her to pull her arms in so her elbows wouldn't hit the door frame. Watching Shaun trying to get in the door, I found myself yelling "elbows" at the video 😆

[@NoewerrATall]

Shawn is such a good sport! I love seeing the two of you together.

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Ah yeah he is. Thanks for watching

[@TheMessyDeskxyz]

I’ve seen your older videos and it always looked so hard for you to get in/out of the house, especially that metal bit right where the door is, that looks so hard to get over!

[@genevieved6743]

Gem and Shaun, thank you both so much for this. I laughed out loud quite a few times. It has been the perfect antidote to these annoying "wheelchair travel" videos I just watched about adaptive skiing and the national parks in the US which were so evidently made by totally healthy men sitting in wheelchairs. This was just lovely. I am only a part-time/home wheelchair user at this point, walker on wheels for outdoors, lucky to have lasted this long with 25+ years of MS but your videos have really helped me adjust in the past year and a half since I started to need the chair at home.

[@katlady5000]

I smashed my hand this week twice going in the front door with my wheelchair. It is trickier then people realize.

[@asecretcourtofcrowsandcloc4084]

I think it’s great that you arranged these challenges. The best way to imagine what it’s like to be someone else is to do something the way they would end I think that finding the humor as well as ideas for adding additional adaptations it’s always two great things that can come from there.

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

A hack that I learned from Roll with Cole and Charisma's accessible house tour is to put a 2nd handle on the hinge side of the door if it isn't self-closing, that way you don't have to reach all the way to the door handle in order to pull it shut. The last place I lived really needed this, because the only way I could close the door from the outside while in my chair was to stick my hand between the hinge side of the door and the door frame and push it closed hard enough to where I could reach the knob, but not so hard to where I smashed my fingers because I didn't pull them out in time (thankfully, the only times my hand got hit, I was wearing my winter gloves, so it didn't hurt). I'm sure if the handle alone wasn't enough, one could attach some sort of rope between the 2 handles and use that instead to allow more leverage. My parents just had their driveway replaced last month and a patio put in in the front, and we spent quite a while with the workers figuring out exactly where and how to put in a ramp (the one non-negotiable feature I insisted on) so that I could get from the driveway up the 8 inches to the porch without having to get out of my chair (part time wheelie here, but there are times where it's impossible for me to walk). Originally, they were only going to put one in that went from the porch to the driveway, but when they actually did the work, they figured out a way to also put one in from the porch to the patio (that was actually my mom's request, not mine), and now I can get from the porch to the patio and back again without having to hop a curb or wheel out and around to the bottom of the driveway ramp (which runs parallel to the porch between the porch and the patio. We're still figuring out how to make a ramp from the porch to the front door work, though, since it's a 6"-8" step and there's a self-closing screen door as well, which opens the opposite way as the inner door (because of the layout, we can't switch either door around to where their hinges are on the same side) - might just have to buy a short movable threshold ramp and install some way to hold it in place during the times it's needed (I don't live there, but I spend a lot of time there on trips, so it's needed but doesn't necessarily need to be permanently installed).

[@rainncorbin8291]

To close the door, i just tied a thin rope onto the doorknob and i grab it on the way out so i can close the door after i go through it. I put 4 knots in it so i grip it well.

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

@@rainncorbin8291 Which works well if you don't have to push with both hands in order to get over the threshold, and/or the rope is long enough to not close the door on you before you're through it but not so long that it'll get stuck in the door and keep the door from shutting; neither of those is the case for me, so I need a different setup, so a handle on the outside hinge side of the inner doors and a nail/screw eye on the hinge side of the storm doors and a piece of string connecting it to the storm door handle is the way I'll be going (all my doors are wood, including the storm doors).

[@rainncorbin8291]

@@SnowySpiritRuby the rope is one inch from the floor so it's plenty long.

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

@@rainncorbin8291 Gotcha.

[@nor0845]

I keep the neighbours entertained with my manoeuvres 😊

[@ThatSpoonieTransGuy]

Damn that makes me appreciate my new flat 😂 I'm an ambulatory wheelchair user and recently moved from a 60s flat without a lift to a 5yo flat that not only has a lift, but the main door to the building is automatic (sensor from inside, key tag from outside) and I still manage to faff with my keys 😂

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Oh wow. Nice. I wish my door was automatic 🙈

[@ThatSpoonieTransGuy]

@@Wheelsnoheels Yeah, it's great! And yet somehow this property wasn't listed as wheelchair accessible (only as walker accessible), meanwhile I've seen much less accessible properties marked as wheelchair accessible. Just shows the people making those decisions are clueless

[@kaitlyn__L]

No automatic doors for my building, but everything is on the level for my flat and I was definitely pleased with my choice while watching this! Especially since the hallway in the actual flat has room to open the door fully, unlike here

[@oceanpoet1]

what a good sport he was as a chair user this just gave me such a good hearty laugh

[@CB-ex9pr]

Was lot’s of fun watching your hubby using the wheelchair. 😮thanks 😊

[@lisamlees]

This made me chuckle! I’ve gotten so used to figuring out tricky situations in my wheelchair, that I forget it used to be a major struggle. My biggest challenge, still, are cambers; steep or shallow, they’re a pain, literally. As an aside, we’re going on holiday soon, and all your advice about travel and flying has been absolutely fantastic, so thank you for all your hard work and for passing on all your knowledge. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻X

[@eyiapandora3933]

Love watching these challenges. I was starting to think Shaun might need a crash helmet when trying to balance on the ramp. Have you thought of building a platform (big enough for your chair) over the front step and then have the ramp lead to that? It could reduce some effort when closing/opening the front door.

[@jordangriffin3785]

We now have a keypad on our front door that we can lock and unlock remotely/with an app and it has made a world of difference. I think it was about $100, but allows my kids to come and go without a key, allows me to let handymen in remotely if I'm running behind, ... You can also use your fingerprint to open it, but we havent figured that out yet. 🤪

[@Wheelsnoheels]

What should we challenge Shaun to do next? Honestly I thought this challenge was going to be too simple and too boring. How wrong was I? Watch our passed videos: Husband shops in my wheelchair: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4qaZYx8j8mJZ9U Hubsand shops in my wheelchair kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWjCaZVql817m6c I treid my wifs wheelchair and this shocked me the most.

[@Sciayam]

Cant you set up a remote?

[@ChelleOnWheels]

His next challenge should be to build you a new ramp with a landing at the top! In the US, that's the only ADA approved way to build a wheelchair ramp.

[@BrendaCHughes]

I think his next challenge should be to try and do the housework in a wheelchair. Possible cleaning the kitchen, doing the washing and maybe making the bed

[@fridab1952]

Housework clean or cooking

[@ProjetdeReportage]

@@BrendaCHughes yes!! Have him clean up all that mud he tracked in without getting out of the chair... while he continues to spread more mud...XD

[@yellohh6504]

my favorite part of this video is tink coming in and out and getting in the way lol

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Hahaha true reality. 🙈

[@doggonepositive]

OMG I love that jacket! I want one ha ha ha if you know, I live in Florida now😂 And it was awesome seeing Sean do the wheelchair challenge and struggle with reaching and getting in and maneuvering and rolling backwards and all the things we deal with in our wheelchairs! Bravo Sean, you’re a good sport😂

[@anntunaley9974]

I love how he called the pink wheelchair pinky tuscadero. I always loved it when she and her sister leather were on happy days , lol.

[@aaronsmith9209]

I don't know if privilege is the right word or not but your video really shows the importance of accessible and inclusive design in the built environment. I don't need it but I love when I see level boarding on trains or when buses lower themselves so a wheelchair user can board by themselves. I may not need these features now but you never know when you might in the future. The way lifts are incorporated in to the elizabeth line stations is pretty good too and make it less sensorily demanding and less overwhelming to me. I don't get why most of our houses and buildings require a step up to enter them to be honest, it shouldn't be hard to make it level with the pavement, the same with fitting lifts. Regardless, really is time all our buildings were retrofitted so anyone can use them and not be disadvantaged in any way.

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Agreed. I believe all new build houses are accessible to a dagree. The doors, light switches, abs plug sockets are DDA hight, and entrances are zero entry. So things are going in the right direction

[@kaitlyn__L]

@@WheelsnoheelsI was looking at plenty of new builds from the last 5 years in Scotland and tons still have 2-4 stairs and narrow doorways :(

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

I believe the steps are partly so that water doesn't seep in under the door when it rains a lot. Doesn't make them any less annoying, though.

[@lilsheba1]

IT's ok slopes are not something any of us like lol. I'm a fairly new electric wheelchair user and I am still having issues going through doorways and I hate hills.

[@Wheelsnoheels]

It’s a lot harder than it looks hey! 🙈

[@christafranken9170]

Maybe Shaun should come and try to come in my front door. It is automatic, but you need a key to open it. The keyhole is halfway on the ramp, the door on top and to make it a real challenge the door is quick to close again if you don't reach it soon enough 😅

[@Queencrazy1997]

I love hills/slopes personally. Up the slope is good exercise and down, gravity does most of the work I just have to steer.

[@CeeBreeze-e3n]

Dear Sean, please invest in a helmet!!!

[@CeeBreeze-e3n]

​@Queencrazy1997 I'm 64 and use a manual chair only. Going down is scary for me! Going up I go backwards.

[@michelleswanson6347]

This is exactly why I'm to scared to let my spouse drive my mobility scooter or powerchair! It's tricky, and if you're not careful and used it to it, things get banged up - and I don't want my chair banged up! He used to give me grief when I was getting used to the chair and then tried it. Let's just say he stopped giving me grief once he tried it😂

[@erikacoggins6704]

Oh my goodness I haven’t laughed that much in ages! You two are a great pair

[@cpr58]

You need a ramp Like I have. The ramp takes me up to a landing where I can turn and face the door and open it easily. Not sure if you have the space to do something like that. I am lucky that I only use my chair part-time for now.

[@deannabroaddus4551]

I’ll never forget the first time I proceeded to go through the door to go outside with my previous wheelchair and hadn’t put anti tips in position nor seatbelt. I found doing a complete backflip after 50 is a major head rush.

[@rainncorbin8291]

I had one of those experiences. Almost knocked me out.

[@YKorNL]

Wow.. that is a nice ramp, I remember when it wasn't there :D Just thinking.. is it possible to make a ramp with a flat end right at the door? It will extend a bit more, but will be safer to be stationary on, especially in winter when it's slippery out there. Shaun did very well indeed, but oof.. I was holding my heart when he was holding those posts, for sure!

[@johnbethea4505]

We make things look too easy for walking people. So they think that it is easy. I hate strong doors 🚪

[@johnbethea4505]

You need a flat platform at the door with a ramp up to it..

[@terribanks8633]

That's what have. It makes things a lot easier.

[@rantalbott6963]

Definitely. I'm lucky I'm in a ground-floor apartment with a US-standard 36" front door that opens onto a sidewalk. My landlord built a 36-inch square platform that's level with the threshold, with a ramp that's gentle enough for me to easily climb in my manual chair. The sidewalk is parallel to the front of the building, so I have to do a right turn to go down it. The platform is large enough that I can easily pivot when coming or leaving. To close the inward-swinging door, I tied a 1/4-inch rope to the doorknob, and anchored the other end with a weighted sock (renters can't do things like screw an eye bolt into the wall). So I leave by going onto the platform, pivoting, grabbing the rope to pull the door closed and locking the deadbolt. This could also be done if you have a sidewalk perpendicular to the front wall. The key is having enough space to build that "pivotable" platform.

[@allyscraftycreations]

We make it look easy so our partners think it is until they have a go 😂

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Totally

[@TheMazinoz]

Tinks is like,"open the bloody door Dad, whats wrong with you?"

[@olgavolkova8871]

thank you very much for what you are doing. I've been disabled for 5 or 6 years and I feel so lonely.

[@punky19761]

I think one of the next Shaun challenges should include some cooking.

[@Wheelsnoheels]

That’s a good idea. 👍🏻

[@A_Redheads_Ramblings]

I'm so tempted to see if I can get my partner to try this 😄

[@awelonstudio]

Have you thought getting a non-slip service on the ramp at front door, it would make life little easier? We had it on a ramp we had it was a great help.

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Not until now. I don’t have a problem with it, but now I can take this batec on the ramp I think I need it

[@hannahgreen1348]

Haha I also fly my parrots outdoors, it's more common than you may think in the UK, especially near London

[@BrendaCHughes]

I had a ramp built outside my house and it makes a lot of difference. Even though it is only a slight incline then at the top it has a landing part so I can turn my wheelchair round. this allows me to open the front door, but to close the front door I have to go so far in to grab the door handle and slowly back out onto the landing part of my ramp. I know you can get automatic doors for wheelchair users but this was never offered for me. So I think that is something which he can look at for you and this will make it easier. I have also told my hubby about the challenges and he is going to give it ago to see if he can do it.

[@trinidadchapa4287]

Has Daisy ever done a challenge like this?

[@Wheelsnoheels]

No. But I’ll see if she is game….her wheelchair skills are quite amazing tho. She can do a 360° wheelie! 😱

[@trinidadchapa4287]

@@Wheelsnoheels Wheelies Terrify me.. Always Have. I got back flashes when I saw the video, where you fell backwards while in a store . .. And I'm Soo! ....Happy You were not hurt. 👩‍🦽

[@silkedavid8876]

I am not a wheelchair user, but I think an able bodied user is likely to not be quite as aware as a regular user how to use their body weight, it becomes 2nd nature to a regular user.

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Yeah. Especially as Shaun is in a wheelchair that’s not quite set up for his centre of gravity or measurements

[@FolkertVeenstra]

I love his creative thinking!

[@roxanneherrman2107]

I like that challenge! They say you don't know my life unless you walk a mile in my shoes!!

[@ecologist_to_be]

I'm lucky my ramp has a flat bit at top so can open door. lol

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Ooo that’s a good idea

[@tazBeaWheelz]

Omg….I feel awful for laffing at Shaun, but it was funny as Hell, think I may get my lot to day wheelchair challenges, coz there always going on about me, you should have done this ….blah blah blah, plus it’s showing you how hard it can be, which like this getting in and out the front door with a electric hand cycle, is bloody hard and time consuming…can’t wait for you to do more, Good job too Shaun. 👏👏🤣🤣😎🤘

[@erinhawkins1950]

these challenges will at least convince him that you need a better ramp?

[@bonsaitraveleronwheels8955]

love you two, this was great. I have to start watching more of your videos. This made me laugh so much.

[@SheilaRough]

Imagine Shaun trying to get through a door that opens inward with a screen door that opens outwards. And the screen door tends to slam shut if you're not careful

[@samanthatremellen7640]

Shawn has good taste

[@brendavankomen182]

What a good sport, and also a very hard task.

[@Polly0202]

So funny 😂 maybe should do the same challenge with my husband.

[@helencolgan8580]

Hi Gem and Shaun, I’ve recently moved and my new bungalow has an automatic front door, makes life so much easier ❤

[@SmallWonda]

Yieks! Funny in a scary kind of way. I'm sure watching this back it would be helpful to have a landing in front of the door - much safer for all - and I have seen a lot of wheelchair users put a grab handle at the appropriate height near the hinge to avoid unnecessary reaching & stretching. Enjoy your week - hope it wasn't too wet in your neck of the woods.

[@javierbarrucz7755]

WHEELCHAIR CHALLENGE😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤯🤯🤯

[@SarahDeeDee]

I struggled the 1st time going into a disabled toilet leaning to unlock it with a key and open and closing its a nightmare. Luckily I have my son with me most of the time and ask him to unlock and open it for me 🙈 x

[@KarenCollins-sg9wx]

Those things are so heavy ! ,I struggle with them

[@elonmust8859]

Has Sean patched up the scratches on the doors and walls. Lol

[@gerb3664]

Question. I know when a person cross-country skis, longer sleeves are nice. Is the same true for manual wheelchair users? I have a powerchair, never had manual. I use a rollator inside and all the little changes in thresholds drive me crazy. Doors are a big deal, especially if big and wide and heavy and self-closing.

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Doors can be such a pain. Especially if they are at tye top of a ramp

[@gerb3664]

And I carry my handy dandy adjustable trekking pole to push things open.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Longer sleeves can be a mixed blessing, you might get them caked in mud from pushing when it’s raining

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

Regardless of the weather, I tend to push my sleeves up unless I'm wearing my winter wheelchair gloves, which are just ski gloves that have full hand grip and a cinching cuff that's long enough to completely protect the ends of my sleeves from rubbing on my wheels and pushrims. Having a SmartDrive also helps, but I still have to steer with my pushrims, so whatever's on them still gets on my gloves (and my hands in warmer weather, since my summer gloves are only half finger).

[@gerb3664]

Now that winter is threatening the midwest I found my neoprene sleeves from my biking days. Also have same in legwarmers with a side zip. This first winter with powerchair so will try different gloves/mittens. @@SnowySpiritRuby

[@Wheelchair-Andy]

I cant even use my front door with my chair. Got to use the back door all the time and ofc my neighbours are a pain in the arse and always block the alley

[@trinidadchapa4287]

❤

[@KarenCollins-sg9wx]

That made me laugh ,Thankyou Shawn I needed that

[@samthescotsman]

you would be better with a longer metal folding ramp, you can get them for free from the NHS. i have 2

[@smorin6532]

What you really need to make life easier is a door that is electric. I have an electric entrance door at my home

[@roxanneherrman2107]

Maybe consider re-designing to entryway

[@danbramall6856]

I am full time wheelchair user and have CP I have only one extra cost, which is my day chair Don’t take this the wrong way but everyone has extra costs wheather you have a disability or not

[@historical.isolde7918]

Sure. But disability-related extra costs are not just Very Expensive, they are also non-negotiable for us. Companies know we (personal, insurance, government etc.) will pay for the equipment because we have no choice. We need it. So they all up their price. Honestly, it is as if disability equipment companies don't even bother competing against each other on price.

[@osayukithedoubleamputee]

This is hilarious 😂

[@robbin_on_wheels3087]

Oh my God well thing he need to practice a bit more😂 I’m just closing my eyes

[@Wheelsnoheels]

🙈🙈🙈my heat was in my mouth

[@kaitlyn__L]

The way he kept reaching for those beams made me quite nervous 😅

[@AnamLiath]

There's only one wheel!

[@carolineroellinghoff377]

weres me shoe 🤣

[@kevinobrien9706]

😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@Wheelsnoheels]

Did you enjoy the video? 😀

[@fern1416]

OMG I canny breathe 😂😂😂

[@ROBOTRIX_eu]