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  1. Without reading past the first sentence, I have a comment: can we please stop using the phrase “wheelchair-bound” to describe people who achieve their mobility by using a wheelchair? How about “wheelchair-user” for an alternative? I’m sure there are other ways to describe such individuals – let’s put our thinking caps on and get away from language that focuses on limitations rather than individual autonomy. My son, now 36, uses a manual wheelchair (he has spina bifida) and far from being “bound” by it, it has enabled him: he has enjoyed freedom of mobility and a great deal of independence / autonomy. I am continually disappointed by the fact that the phrase “wheelchair-bound” is still so widely used, including by print media who really should know better by now.