Will life become monotonous and boring after being in a wheelchair?
However, living in a wheelchair does not mean that you cannot have a wonderful and high-quality life. Every day is unique and precious, and you should spend it well whether you are standing, sitting or walking. Making some seemingly insignificant changes in details may make people who use wheelchairs live happier and better.
Choose a suitable wheelchair. A wheelchair is like a user's legs. According to your own needs and economic conditions, choose a wheelchair with the right size, suitable functions and excellent quality. A suitable wheelchair can greatly improve the user's quality of life, expand the range of activities, make the user's life more convenient, and even protect the user to a certain extent and prevent secondary injuries.
Improve self-care ability. Using a wheelchair does not mean that you have completely lost the ability to take care of yourself. Within your ability, you should try to learn the skills of using a wheelchair and improve your self-care ability. With stronger self-care ability, your sense of accomplishment and satisfaction will also increase, which will also help you maintain a positive attitude.
Add personalized wheelchair accessories. On the premise of meeting your own use needs, you can add some personalized accessories to the wheelchair, such as colored wheel hub covers, comfortable seat cushions and backrest cushions, which can improve the comfort of use; and some intelligent accessories, such as anti-dumping devices and intelligent navigation systems, can escort the travel safety of wheelchair users.
Choose the right assistive devices. The assistive devices mentioned here do not only refer to wheelchairs, but also include those commonly used in daily life: toothbrushes, cups, combs, etc., which can make daily self-care easier. You can also match the wheelchair table to provide stable support when dining, working, and reading, making life easier.
Increase the frequency of travel. The wheelchair has become a "leg" to take the user out to see the world, not just stay at home. Staying at home for a long time without doing anything can easily lead to a loss of interest in life, and a bad mood. Therefore, it is recommended to go out more often when the weather is fine, participate in social activities, enrich yourself, and enrich your life.
Try new things. Whether it is participating in social activities, developing your own interests, participating in sports activities or trying to travel, don't "sentence yourself to death" just because you use a wheelchair. Feeling life and having fun in the process of exploring and trying new things will make life more colorful.
Improve barrier-free home environment. If there is a wheelchair user at home, you should improve the home environment as soon as possible and make barrier-free design. For example, install handrails in the bathroom, and install a high or adjustable height washbasin to facilitate wheelchair users to wash themselves; set up appropriate lockers and hooks in the bedroom and living room to facilitate taking daily necessities.
Although it is a small thing, it can bring substantial improvement to the life of wheelchair users. Try to make changes, strive to improve the quality of life, and believe that your life will get better and better.