Ideas for something you wanted to do but can't do due to a disability

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around personal experiences and ideas related to activities that individuals wish they could pursue but are hindered by disabilities. Participants share various examples from work, sports, and leisure activities, focusing on the limitations imposed by different disabilities.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a general inquiry about activities people wish they could do while disabled, covering various domains such as work and leisure.
  • Another participant suggests that singing poorly due to being tone deaf might be considered a disability, raising questions about the definition of disability.
  • A participant mentions the struggle of individuals with arthritis or single-handedness in performing simple tasks, like opening a jam jar.
  • One contributor shares their experience of being partially color blind, which limits their ability to pursue careers such as flying aircraft or becoming an electrician.
  • A participant recounts their father's experience with a staff infection affecting his hip, leading to limitations in physical activities like running, while still being able to bike ride and ski.
  • Another participant proposes a design challenge for disabilities that impair movement, suggesting a practical exercise involving navigating through a door while restricted to one arm.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a range of personal experiences and ideas, but there is no clear consensus on what constitutes a disability or the specific activities that should be considered. Multiple competing views and examples remain present throughout the discussion.

Contextual Notes

Some contributions depend on personal definitions of disability and may not encompass all perspectives. The discussion includes anecdotal experiences that may not generalize to all individuals with similar disabilities.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to individuals exploring the impact of disabilities on daily activities, as well as those involved in engineering or design projects aimed at improving accessibility.

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If you have ever been disabled, whether from a surgery or some disability, then you know that you are limited to certain things that you can do. I am wondering if there is anything that you wish you could do while you were/are disabled. This could be something that you wanted to do at work, in sports and even leisure activities. Thanks!
 
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Is this for your project? This is not me but I find that some people like to sing but they are usually out of tune. They really badly want to sing well, but some of them say that they are tone deaf (does it count as a disability?). Just something I thought of out of the blue.
 
How about a sufferer of arthritis/single-handedness struggling to open a jam jar?
 
I'm partially colour blind which means I cannot fly fighter or commercial aircraft. I don't think I can be an electrician either - the training for which would have been useful given my job (Sound Engineer).
 
PuzzledMe said:
Is this for your project? This is not me but I find that some people like to sing but they are usually out of tune. They really badly want to sing well, but some of them say that they are tone deaf (does it count as a disability?). Just something I thought of out of the blue.

This is for one of my engineering classes. To come up with a design for a certain disability. I was thinking more of a disablility along the lines of something that impairs your movement. But thanks for the idea!
 
my dad had a staff infection that ate out the cartilage in his right hip. he is going to limp the rest of his life until he gets surgery. but he is putting off surgery till he gets really old because it is dangerous and it will most likely disable him from doing any sports at all

right now he is limited. he can't do anything involving running because it will cause his bones to clash togeather painfully. he can only do things like bike riding and skiing.
 
ltbarous1 said:
This is for one of my engineering classes. To come up with a design for a certain disability. I was thinking more of a disablility along the lines of something that impairs your movement. But thanks for the idea!

Opening doors. Borrow a wheelchair and tie your right arm down so that you can only use the left. Now try to go through an ordinary door.
 

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