Quads

One thing I’ve noticed in Vancouver since i've moved here - snce my first day in fact, is the number of quadriplegics that are in the town, there are also paraplegics who are also in wheelchairs, but the quadriplegics are the most noticeable.

On the bus in from the airport I was quite surpsied when the bus driver stopped everything to get a quadriplegic woman on the bus using the special lift on the bus and the belts that held her chair in place while we were in motion. He also spent quite some time helping her to get off.

But everywhere I go in town there are people in wheelchairs. There are lots in Sydny and London and all cities in the world but in Vancouver they ar everywhere. And, everywhere you go there are ramps and lifts and mosof the buses and SkyTrains are accessible by people in chairs.

I couldn't understand why they were so conspicuous until I saw TV report all about how Vancouver is possibly the world's number one city in accessibility to people in wheelchairs and this is due a real zeal in the public service to enforce equal opportunity to everybody. It seems that Vancouver is not only a haven for the homelss due to the weather but also to the disabled for the accessbility. The reason why it seems that there are so many quadriplegics in vancouver is because it really does have a lot of them.

Interesting place.