Back before COVID, when I still went out to live theatre (plays),
I had several bad experiences when there was only one spot in the theatre with wheelchair accessible seating
and on multiple occasions, this meant I was sitting in my power wheelchair next to a complete stranger in their manual wheelchair or power wheelchair
who either did big fast dramatic stims with their hands/arms constantly throughout the play, or had uncontrollable tics constantly throughout the play.
This was very bad for my Anxiety/PTSD/hypervigilance and really ruined my enjoyment of the play
but it's not like I could say anything about it to them, because they probably either genuinely couldn't control it (tics) or needed to do it to self regulate (stims).
There really should be more than ***just one*** wheelchair accessible spot in theatres.
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Back before COVID, when I still went out to live theatre (plays),
I had several bad experiences when there was only one spot in the theatre with wheelchair accessible seating
and on multiple occasions, this meant I was sitting in my power wheelchair next to a complete stranger in their manual wheelchair or power wheelchair
who either did big fast dramatic stims with their hands/arms constantly throughout the play, or had uncontrollable tics constantly throughout the play.
This was very bad for my Anxiety/PTSD/hypervigilance and really ruined my enjoyment of the play
but it's not like I could say anything about it to them, because they probably either genuinely couldn't control it (tics) or needed to do it to self regulate (stims).
There really should be more than ***just one*** wheelchair accessible spot in theatres.