Wheelchair Experience

Students` name Professors` name Subject name Date of submission Wheelchair experience As human beings, we most of the time forget to be empathetic on what those who are disadvantaged are going through. The human brain is made in such a way that we easily lack a connection to the feelings and experiences of the other. According to (Neil 2008), he purports that experiential education plays a vital role in bridging the gap between experiences and feelings. It is through experience that we amicably associate with feelings, making it possible to depict what others feel when they are disadvantaged in one way or another. This paper will therefore look into details how I felt when I was subjected into a wheel chair for a day and what I learnt from the experience. It was not until this traumatizing experience that I started viewing people on wheel chair differently. It was common not to pay any attention to people in wheel chair, but after the experience I went through, my attitude to this special group has tremendously changed. The experience I went through this day is nothing if to go by, I would aspire to go through again. I felt so much limited and dependent on others for assistance. It was really challenging and every moment I wished to be on my feet again. Being limited to walk is a traumatizing experience which severely affects the rate of movement and doing things. For example, it took me a lot of time to move from one place to another and I had to occasionally request for assistance. In the shopping mall, items that were stacked beyond my reach caused stressful moments since I had to request someone to do it on my behalf. I felt as if I was disturbing others and this made me feel empathy for those who have been on wheel chair for life. I also felt inferior and incapacitated to do many things that I was able to do on my own. Through my experience, I realized that people on wheel chair undergo a number of dilemmas as they execute daily activities. One of the dilemmas I went ...