I think it will look like this except the cushions will be black and the frame will be pink. They also offered to embroider it for free so it will say "Annabelle" in pink script along the back.
For the past year or so, Annie has been wheeling around in a DIY cart on loan from therapy.
We have never taken the cart outside our house and when people are over, Annabelle is usually being passed from one fan to another so very few people have ever seen Annie in wheeled action.
At the tail end of the birthday party this past weekend, the wife set Annie in her cart and the wee-one was off and running as usual. Friends were astonished. One close friend said seeing Annie getting herself around was one of the most beautiful things he had seen in a long time.
Of course, kids being kids, one of the children started pushing Annie this way and that and we had to explain that, although it seems fun, it isn't appropriate. No big deal - we are all learning new social boundaries when it comes to Annabelle.
Here couple of interesting things I have read on wheelchair etiquette:
1) Never push a person's wheelchair unless asked to. Even if you are trying to be helpful. You should no more push someones wheelchair without permission than you would push any person from behind.
2) A wheelchair should be considered a part of the user's body. Never lean on it, hang your bags on it, ride on it, basically do not touch it unless asked. In the case of children, only touch their wheelchair if you would be touching a typical child in the same situation (in danger, goofing off etc)
It was great to see friend's reactions to Annie in her cart and it was interesting to see how the other kids responded. But it brought the idea of her up-coming wheelchair and its related issues into sharper focus.
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