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Maybe this belongs in Basic Writing Questions instead - but this seems like more of a specialized knowledge question than a grammar/structure one, so I decided to come here instead. Sorry if I guessed wrong!
Anyhoo, I have something of a dilemma with describing the way one my characters moves around. See, she uses a wheelchair. I'd like to describe the way she gets from Point A to Point B accurately, but I don't know any wheelchair users personally nor have I read many books featuring them, so I'm not sure what the right term would be.
So far all I've come up with are:
Wheeled - My personal favorite, since it's clear and not too silly-sounding, but I'm worried that it may be too focused on what she uses to get around. We rarely say someone "legged" across a room, after all.
Rolled - Focuses more on the action than the object, which is nice, but easily leads to mental images that are little more . . . Monty Python-esque than what I'm aiming for.
Walked - Draws the least attention to the chair, which fits her "so what if I'm disabled" attitude, but might lead some readers to picture her literally walking around. (It's a story full of characters who can, among other things, turn invisible and see through walls, so her suddenly getting up from her chair wouldn't be beyond reader expectations.)
So, help me decide. Any wheelchair users have a preferred term? Anyone's written wheelchair-using characters and come up with a good moving-around word?
Anyhoo, I have something of a dilemma with describing the way one my characters moves around. See, she uses a wheelchair. I'd like to describe the way she gets from Point A to Point B accurately, but I don't know any wheelchair users personally nor have I read many books featuring them, so I'm not sure what the right term would be.
So far all I've come up with are:
Wheeled - My personal favorite, since it's clear and not too silly-sounding, but I'm worried that it may be too focused on what she uses to get around. We rarely say someone "legged" across a room, after all.
Rolled - Focuses more on the action than the object, which is nice, but easily leads to mental images that are little more . . . Monty Python-esque than what I'm aiming for.
Walked - Draws the least attention to the chair, which fits her "so what if I'm disabled" attitude, but might lead some readers to picture her literally walking around. (It's a story full of characters who can, among other things, turn invisible and see through walls, so her suddenly getting up from her chair wouldn't be beyond reader expectations.)
So, help me decide. Any wheelchair users have a preferred term? Anyone's written wheelchair-using characters and come up with a good moving-around word?