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6:03am May 17, 2013

littlemissmutant:

Where did people get the idea that wheelchair users all wear blankets over their legs

Does anyone do this? I have never met anyone who does this.

I’ve met a few people who did it. Always para women, for some reason.

Except I’ve also done it sometimes. Except I wrap a quilt around my legs, sometimes around my whole body, to stay warm, because sometimes I can’t (yay autonomic problems?), and also because wheelchairs are good at conducting cold in the winter. Okay I know it’s not called conducting cold but I don’t remember what it is called.

But the women I’m thinking of had more like a thin little dainty blanket draped over their legs for reasons that seemed to have a lot more to do with concealing the legs, than any sort of practical purpose. It seemed to go along with highly modest pastel clothing and an extremely neat and tidy appearance, although I can’t say why.

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  1. dannithepurplepenguin reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone and added:
    I do so sometimes. I stay as far away from tartan as I can though :P I have discovered that a slanket/snuggie (blanket...
  2. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from raisel-the-riveter and added:
    I’ve met a few people who did it. Always para women, for some reason. Except I’ve also done it sometimes. Except I wrap...
  3. fourloves said: I feel like some homeless people do it but I don’t know anyone who’s not homeless who does it
  4. alliecat-person said: I think maybe some elderly people do this, because of body temperature issues. But yeah, it’s hardly a universal thing.
  5. into-the-weeds said: People do this! But it goes along with like, there are a lot of different reasons to use a chair, and this confuses people.
  6. soilrockslove said: I know a few people who actually do this. But it is mostly because they are keeping warm, similar to putting on sweatpants or a sweater. I think as people age they tend to be more sensitive to cold, so a lot of elderly people appreciate a blanket.
  7. raisel-the-riveter posted this