wheelchair user
See also: wheelchair-user
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editwheelchair user (plural wheelchair users)
- A person who is injured or disabled and uses a wheelchair for mobility, usually long-term.
- 2023 September 6, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Merseyrail and LNER top family-friendly survey”, in RAIL, number 991, page 15:
- "A number of companies claimed the dedicated space for wheelchairs is somehow a multi-user space. It isn't - the space for wheelchair users is prioritised for those users by law. That puts parents with pushchairs in conflict. […] A wheelchair user should not have to ask a parent with an unfolded buggy to move from that space, […] .
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edit- (slang) roller
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editperson who uses a wheelchair
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