# Ask a paraplegic girl. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606 "2013-07-15T22:48:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/41 "2013-07-16T01:44:24Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You know what? I’m embarrassed for the way this is unfolding. > > Grab the fucking pitchforks and torches. > > I decided to give **jaymac1** the [benefit of the doubt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16475249&postcount=2) from her original post. > > I think the rest of you are deplorable for not doing the same. How’s the view from the top of your white steed? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/42 "2013-07-16T01:45:53Z")
OK, I’m thinking of a number between 1 and 35. What number am I thinking of? ETA: sorry, n/m. I always mix up paraplegic and psychic. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/43 "2013-07-16T01:49:59Z")
Did you live in Montserrat until your family moved to Scotland? (And some of us don’t have pitchforks and torches; we’re merely curious.) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/44 "2013-07-16T01:55:49Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > How’s the view from the top of your white steed? Better than your view presently. Hey, I’m willing to accept I may be wrong, but isn’t presumed innocence the default setting? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/45 "2013-07-16T01:59:24Z")
On second thought, why can’t someone be paraplegic _and_ psychic? Go on, what’s my number. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/46 "2013-07-16T02:00:40Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Better than your view presently. Hey, I’m willing to accept I may be wrong, but isn’t presumed innocence the default setting? Missed the OJ, Anthony, Zimmerman, etc trials, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/47 "2013-07-16T02:07:27Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Missed the OJ, Anthony, Zimmerman, etc trials, huh? Two out of three ain’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/48 "2013-07-16T02:10:47Z")
From a previous post. > [@jaymac1](#): > > What is his real name? > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Jaime McGarry, our resident paraplegic. . ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/49 "2013-07-16T02:12:46Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > It was 22 months ago, I was 16. So just tell us about yourself. We get the paraplegic part, and that was fairly recent. Fill us in on the rest of your life, what your likes and dislikes are. ---
**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/50 "2013-07-16T02:32:28Z")
Welcome to the forum, it’s good to have another poster from the UK. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/51 "2013-07-16T03:22:22Z")
My questions: How did you find this website? What is it that drew you here? I do think it’s ridiculous how some people were so quick to be accusatory, as if it were so impossible that there could be a real person who is a paraplegic. I am willing to assume that people are who they say they are unless they are clearly trying to scam someone out of money or something. Even if you were making everything up, so what? It doesn’t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![Isaacedwardleibowitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecb155/32.png) [@Isaacedwardleibowitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isaacedwardleibowitz)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/52 "2013-07-16T03:39:28Z")
How did the incident affect you psychologically? ---
**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/53 "2013-07-16T05:06:00Z")
Do you notice people staring at you a lot? If so, how does that make you feel? (I’m assuming you’re a girlie based on the name. If, otoh, you’ve got a Y chromosome, please ignore the second question as it’d violate man law #58). I know it annoys me when random strangers come up and ask me the same two questions “How tall are you?” and “do you play basketball?” As a UK-anite: Have you ever been to St. Helens? Is it really as full of freaks and perverts as it would seem from internet forums? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/54 "2013-07-16T07:55:50Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Jaime McGarry, our resident paraplegic. Yeah, I’m calling BS now (not on you Ambivalid). > > We have a new paraplegic that has a username oddly similar to an old troll (umkay/jaymac, well, kinda close) and a “real” name that’s extremely close to another paraplegic’s name. Sorry, that’s too much. Pics or it didn’t happen. Is this a joke? i mean, firstly, you are aware that names atarting Mc~ and Mac~ are really not all that uncommon in Scotland? Nextly, how is are those usernames close, again? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/55 "2013-07-16T07:59:53Z")
> [@jaymac1](#): > > I fell backwards off a boat, leaving me a T12 incomplete paraplegic. I can move my legs a small amount but not enough to walk except with a walking frame. I can also feel parts of my legs. I assume you are currently in physical therapy? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/56 "2013-07-16T08:10:11Z")
Tell me about your ADLs (Activities of Daily Living) Do you have a SO?How are they dealing with your injury/recovery? ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/57 "2013-07-16T10:01:17Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > So you are still in the two years post-injury and your spinal cord suffered only bruising? Have you seen any improvement in your time since the accident? Are you doing any rehab work now? What is your official prognosis? Yes I have recovered some movement and feeling. I am in physiotherapy. The doctors have said that there is a good chance of a good recovery. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/58 "2013-07-16T10:02:32Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Did you live in Montserrat until your family moved to Scotland? > > (And some of us don’t have pitchforks and torches; we’re merely curious.) For a short time, we lived there because of my Dad’s job. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/59 "2013-07-16T10:04:29Z")
> [@Isaacedwardleibowitz](#): > > How did the incident affect you psychologically? I was devastated for several months, but then I realised that if I worked at it I would be able to walk again, so I’m ok now. ---
**Author:** ![jaymac1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606/60 "2013-07-16T10:06:06Z")
> [@dstarfire](#): > > Do you notice people staring at you a lot? > > If so, how does that make you feel? > (I’m assuming you’re a girlie based on the name. If, otoh, you’ve got a Y chromosome, please ignore the second question as it’d violate man law #58). I know it annoys me when random strangers come up and ask me the same two questions “How tall are you?” and “do you play basketball?” > > As a UK-anite: Have you ever been to St. Helens? Is it really as full of freaks and perverts as it would seem from internet forums? I do get people staring, I just try to ignore it. Yes I have been to St Helens, most of North West England is full of freaks, all of them on stolen computers. (and yes, I am a girlie) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606.md?page=4)