Depending on who your date is or how you met, make sure talking about your chair isnt a difficult subject. If they seem curious, encourage them to ask questions. Be open and relaxed about it – the more uninhibited you are about your wheelchair, the less they will be.

Should you offer to push someone in a wheelchair?

It is considered rude to engage from a distance since it may give the individual a sense of obstruction. Never move a persons wheelchair unless the specifically ask you to. Moving ones wheelchair without notice can cause an individual to easily lose their balance or even fall if not prepared.