[Jax]

I let people sit in my GPV all the time, along with the Quickie Revolution and the Medline hospital-style chair. There's only one friend that I let sit in the GTi though. He's had some experience with chairs since his head injury, and he's a good bit lighter than I am. Plus, we've been friends since like first grade... Guess that could have something to do with it. My wife does sit in the GTi occasionally, but only when I'm in it too...

[karen ecco]

No No No I am really thingy abot this it is hard enough to position correctly when hoisting in. Electric wheelchairs are not a convenience nor an amusement ride. Maybe different for Manual chairs ie: they might get a bit of an idea what things are like from that perspective. I will answer encourage kids to ask questions to break down the fear factor, but my chair is now part of me & I love it for enabling me to do the things I can. I expect a level of respect, for myself & the things that are significant to me. Even if it is empty it is not a "spare" seat, it is a highly customised & modified medical device and it stands between me & a Nursing Home.
Kaz

[Meadowlarkmark]

I used to but not too much any more and only my manual chair not my power chair. My wife sits in the chair when she works at the computer and I am away at work in my powerchair. What I hate is when the kids use the chair and never live it where they found it.

[maisy1996]

I dont mind if people sitt in my chair,quiet funny to see them end up on there faces the first go (:
However since my injury till about january this year i wouldnt let no one sit in it or even touch it for that matter i just couldnt get my head round why someone would want to sit in it.


I seriously need to sort my spellings out keep having to edit for spelling or wouldnt make much sence haha

This post has been edited by maisy1996: 01 August 2009 - 12:39 PM

[jkristianson]

All the time I have no problem with it.

[fatdave]

Most kids want a go, and I oblige most of the time.

[Stickman]

It doesnt really bother me if someone's in my chair, since usually whoever's in it clowns around and provide me some entertainment. And I love giving my almost 2 year old nephew a ride aroud the house on my lap. He just climbs on my feet and stands on them till i pick him up onto my lap.

[greybeard]

My granddaughters commandeer my chair and scooter whenever they visit. I think they treat our house as their own personal theme park!

My only gripe is when they abandon the wheels at the other end of the garden leaving me stranded, but it's a small price to pay to see their enjoyment and zest for life.

This post has been edited by greybeard: 02 August 2009 - 03:18 PM

[Denny]

My friends sit on my chair when I am not on it, mainly because chair will be near me, so they go nearest seat. I encourage them to take a push around and soon they see steps they have never noticed and small obstacles that they struggle to deal with. I think it makes them understand the difficulty of being on wheelchair and appreciates more. Also one of the first thing they want to try is the back wheel balance, and most of them fail.

Kids, yes I allow them to play with wheelchair, and all happy until they take the chair away from me and leave it there to play with something else. Most of the kids don't understand why I am using this wheeled chair rather than walking. So they are curious to know how it work. My nephews watched me transfer and they were practicing the transfers themselves (4, and 5 years old) to understand how and why I was doing so.

[Wicket]

I don't like anyone sitting in or trying out my chair. For some reason it irritates me. I think the only time anyone else ever sat in it was when I was trying to decide about getting a new cushion. Can't feel my butt or what the difference was in the cushions was so I asked my best friend to sit in it to give her opinion. I new it as a good choice when she didn't want to get back out.

This post has been edited by Wicket: 15 October 2009 - 01:25 AM

[Zak Sharp]

Sure. I'm cool with it for my friends. They used to have a lot of fun, but they're pretty much over it now.

[allister]

As long as they ask first, but more impotantly bring it back, then I woldn't mind.
Might make them aware of all the hazards we face.

[Blake]

It does not bother me at all and most people love to try it. Lately most mornings when I wake up my chair is missing because my 2 and a half year old sister Ally now loves to pile her toys in it and push it threw the house. I just yell someone stole my chair and she brings it back laughing.