# Disabled jurors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabled-jurors/385667>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 26, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabled-jurors/385667 "2006-12-26T21:54:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabled-jurors/385667/21 "2006-12-29T01:07:10Z")

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> confined to a wheelchair

For what it’s worth, the general preference is for something like “wheelchair user” rather than “confined…”

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabled-jurors/385667/22 "2006-12-29T03:38:40Z")

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I like to be call “wheel enabled” 🆒

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabled-jurors/385667/23 "2006-12-29T03:45:46Z")

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Nice! Thank you.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabled-jurors/385667/24 "2006-12-29T08:39:43Z")

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Thanks, **yoyodyne** , for being so candid. I wasn’t sure if just being in a wheelchair was the entire problem or if special needs associated with your particular reason for/complications with being in a wheelchair were the issue.

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