Suggesting people should bike isn't ableist, or, at least, is no more ableist than suggesting people should drive.
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Suggesting people should bike isn't ableist, or, at least, is no more ableist than suggesting people should drive.
Thank you for listening to this PSA.
There are so many accessible bike designs for a wide array of disabilities. What's an accessible car?
The Dutch do have this thing, which fits a wheelchair and can go in bike lanes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canta_(vehicle)
And there are accessibility aids for cars, like accelerator and brake paddles for the wheel rather than pedals, but, to me, if we're talking accessibility aids that allow someone to travel independently, cars and bikes are, at least, equal.
That's neat! There are also solutions to this problem in the motorcycle community, but AFAIK nothing mass-produced so it all tends to be custom made and expensive.
You can get hand control conversions and so forth, back when I did group therapy I knew a couple of paraplegics that drove themselves to meetings.
Expensive af though, but South Africa doesn't really have great public transport.
knobs on the steering wheel, hand operated pedals, lifts/extendable ramps, interior refits to fit wheelchairs...
there are a bunch of things that people have done to cars so that disabled people can drive them