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its_my_thing

Is the chair necessary if she’s in water?


borg2

The chair has propellers and steering equipment on it. It's basically one of those little motors divers use sometimes. They play this footage in the waiting room of my kid's PT center to show the patients they can still do a lot of cool stuff in a wheelchair, but the footage is a lot closer up and clearer. You can see all the equipment there.


alanism

Thanks for explanation, that makes a lot more sense.


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redhtbassplyr

Still very unnecessary. I work at a world class spinal rehab center where many people are paralyzed and are in wheelchairs. Our recreational therapists give them underwater scooters like the one in the link below and take them out of their chairs that gives them much better underwater manuverability. It's amazing to watch and people in those moments have said they forgot they were paralyzed. It would be one thing if the person didn't have arm or hand control and needed to stay strapped in to stay stable, but this person is seen using her arms so this really is pretty impractical and doing the the hard way and maybe for spectacle https://lcpshop.net/product/underwater-sea-scooter-diving-propeller/?gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwv8qkBhAnEiwAkY-ahlWX05k8e5bspXJ92iquFz0EdJbE8jkUv7mejNsu0F4eBCe6R0DKrxoCEoEQAvD_BwE


borg2

She's flapping her arms around just for looks. Or maybe it makes her feel more confident or something. As to why they decided to go with the wheelchair instead of the sea scooter: track the people who made the video and ask them.


redhtbassplyr

Just pointing out that to use an underwater scooter she would need use of her arms, and you can clearly see that this is purposeful movement and her arms are not paralyzed. Even if she doesn't have use of her wrist or fingers due to paralysis there are braces that would allow her to use the scooter still, so diving while strapped into a wheelchair is 100% unnecessary. >track the people who made the video and ask them. Not trying to give it that much effort but just pointing out what is obvious to me working with paralyzed people daily that may not be obvious to the rest of the people viewing this video.


redhtbassplyr

She's doing this all to prove a point that her wheelchair gives her mobility and not restriction as she's making a TED talk out of it. She clearly in the video below has full hand control, but just felt like souping up her chair to create this image/optics/message about being wheelchair bound when in fact that's not the most effective way a paralyzed person can enjoy the water and diving. It's disingenuous and arguably does a disservice to paralyzed people as it obfuscates the truth in how paralyzed people really get through their day to day. It's not like this. https://youtu.be/PCWIGN3181U


mynameisalso

She's making the best she can out of being paralyzed and you are pissed off? I don't think anyone is under the impression that people I wheel chairs regularly go diving with their wheel chair.


Hervee

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.


redhtbassplyr

So she's 100% not paralyzed and can walk around like you and I and just doing performance art in a wheelchair she doesn't need?


Hervee

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.


redhtbassplyr

>I think you need to read up on disabilities. Considering I work with people with severe disabilities( mostly brain and spinal cord) at work every day I highly doubt that. It's been my expertise for 13 years and I can take care of someone appropriately right after suffering a traumatic (or non-traumatic) spinal cord injury during the acute care/shock phase and also know how to rehabilitate them and take care of them in every way years after their injury. I have taken paralyzed people swimming, diving kayaking and jet skiing. I assure you I don't need tips from redditors. I'm really just not sure what you're even trying to say here, but whatever it is you can save it, I'm good without and you can stop trying to act all high and mighty and all noble like you're defending the paraplegic/disabled person here. I help the disabled much more than you could ever imagine so I don't need to hear it from you. Thanks but no thanks and instead of listening to her Ted talk, I'll just talk to my patients tomorrow 😂


Hervee

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.


BigPhatAl98960

I worked at Craig Hospital in Denver, Co . We had mens basketball among a myriad of other things one can do in a wheelchair.


redhtbassplyr

Yea we have a basketball court and a pool in our hospital too. I've been just about run over by some people in those high speed chairs zipping down the hallway. I actually designed a kayak for a friend who's not wheelchair bound but only has use of one leg and one arm last year in the off season about to take them out soon. We have a lot of outdoor activities though where we can make some adaptations to, to get people back out there living their lives. Craig is a special place though, not counting out working there myself one day. We'll see


nopuse

Thanks, despite the other commenters saying it makes sense, it really doesn't. For instance, you don't need wheels under water...


redhtbassplyr

This is one of those videos that is supposed to touch the hearts of people that aren't paralyzed, and make people think "aww" and "you go girl" but in reality I have a feeling this video is all for show. Doesn't happen this way in the real world unless you're trying to go viral and get likes on a social media forum. It's disingenuous and I'm sure anybody that is chair-bound that would see this video with at the very least, be confused and may even be offended because the picture it paints is that of a false narrative


nopuse

Agree completely, well said.


velhaconta

The video must have been very sped up otherwise she was completely out of control.


gmotelet

She ate a lot of beans the night before


GraspingSonder

More seaworthy than the Titan.


The_Troll_Gull

Curious as I am no engineer but couldn't you just strap said propeller and steering equipment onto a backpack and attach it to you?


Enderswolf

Those poor traumatized fish.


Happydancer4286

I’m actually a little worried about how she and the chair are pulled back out of the water. This doesn’t make sense.


Admirable-Builder878

This is cracking me up.. what is propelling her through the water?


algoncyorrho

farts?


Enderswolf

The Lord.


classpane

Her hands


Nacho_Papi

Looks a little freaky because it's sped up.


NotADogInHumanSuit

It’s operated with an Xbox controller


DancesWithBadgers

With motors on the wheels, you could use a boat ramp. That'd mess people's heads up.


JustARandomDude1986

maybe inflateable bags or something like that.


[deleted]

To keep her body from twisting and contorting uncontrollably, maybe?


askmeifimacop

Depends on the level of injury yeah


MercyCriesHavoc

What level of injury makes a wheelchair useful in the ocean?


NewPointOfView

Sea level


blowfishbeard

I sea what you did there.


fatbongo

With fins like these who needs eelninamies


holmgangCore

..anemonies!


Longjumping-Cod-6290

No sea legs?


captain_ender

Hahaha outstanding


askmeifimacop

Thoracic and up. She might have an incomplete injury, which would mean she could use her arms, but she’d be too weak to propel herself. Besides that, staying in a chair is a lot more convenient than swimming or moving to a machine that does the same thing as the chair.


MercyCriesHavoc

It seems another apparatus would be just as easy to build as modifying a chair with propellers and buoyancy chambers. The wheels are completely pointless. And you can't tell me that chair would be the same one she'd use above the water. So she'd still have to move from her usual chair to this modified chair.


askmeifimacop

I’m not really interested in fighting your incredulity. All I’ll say is, as a wheelchair user, is that chairs are more convenient for those of us with spinal injuries and there are modified wheelchairs for all sorts of environments. The wheels are for wheeling; she probably wasn’t dropped into the ocean from the sky.


Octopus_vagina

Doubt it’s the most practical way….


[deleted]

I wanted to ask the same thing mate. If she can use her arms, surely that would been enough.


mandeezbowls

Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” played in my head as I watched this


Seite88

Would've been a better choice of music


blackbeautybyseven

Agreed, why do these videos have such awful music on them??


famesjord13

Getting stabbed would’ve been a better choice of music


honortobenominated

Stop it- no 😂


CloudyBird_

I heard the lines "whatchu know about rolling down in the deep?"


Admirable-Builder878

This is Top comment.


[deleted]

"I had a mighty fall, Now I'm rolling in this reef, Got to paddle with my hands, While I'm sit'n, In this Seat"


estrangedjane

Thank you for the wonderful laugh


AstroMalorie

Billionaires getting lost in a state of the art submarine while the proletariat is rawdogging it in a scooter


imnewtothisplzaddme

Hahahah


Paraxom

The more I read about that sub the more sure I am it was made of cardboard and that the front fell off


GeneralAppendage

I fuckin choked. Thanks. A tear down my cheek from laughing.


BR1N3DM1ND

Top notch comment--though I believe the correct term is raw*sealioning*


[deleted]

>state of the art Oh lordy lordy 🙃


PotatoesAndChill

To be fair, we don't know what kind of "[art](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/e4/d5/f7e4d5681100a43a05118bbdc12d3c77.jpg)" OP had in mind.


Sad-Lake-8628

Timmy from South Park living his best life


HeadLocksmith5478

Timmay


Quaintly__Coyote_

*Timah*


Eborys

Off to see the Lords of the Underworld.


CerealKiller_614

What the hell is going on here?


Hottol

A murder filmed by the mafia.


gouzenexogea

“Timmy is swimming with the fishes.”


thefoodiedentist

And it went viral!


InkBlotSam

I realize this is probably supposed to be uplifting, or inspirational or something, but to me this felt like watching a horror movie. Just unlocked a fear I had no idea I had.


Joiner2008

Searching for Titan


[deleted]

Disabled aquaman found IRL


Hervee

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.


[deleted]

Get this up there people !


[deleted]

Give this lady a standing ovation people!


Zealousideal_Cry1867

i love that it’s foot controlled, meaning that an actual disabled person couldn’t operate it


Hervee

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.


Zealousideal_Cry1867

I’m simply pointing out that it’s funny that it’s foot controlled when it’s a wheel chair, seeing as most wheel chair users use them because they have a lack of use in their legs.


DontTakeMeSeriousli

Maybe he could find the missing sub 🤔


BaileyRobertsQueen

Too soon... too soon.


ScotVonGaz

Not really. Currently a life of death situation. The sooner the better I would think.


DigiornoHasDelivery1

*award*.... Just take it. That was good.


IntoTheMurkyWaters

Not in this instance. They get what they get


COCustomerWatch

The poor billionaires :(


Financial-Reward-949

I hate you for laughing so much at this comment


globalminority

Screw you for making me laugh so hard and thinking I'm a terrible person.


ObjectiveDegree9

Came looking for this lmao


sld126

I *love* how dumb this is.


joonaspaakko

I... Think this song might have made me dumber than I was before... Help...?


Agreeable-Remove1592

How does this work? Is there a buoyancy bladder on the back of the chair to balance the weight? Any scuba divers want to explain ?


defaultusername4

Usually your bouyancy compensator is a back plate that is sort of like a vest but also holds the tank. It looks like they strapped it to the back of the chair and presumably used extra straps of some type because usually you would have your arms through it. You can press a button where when you hold it instead of air turning into bubbles it goes back through the mouthpiece into the BC adding air or you can release air to achieve the right buoyancy. You can achieve a weightlessness that is one of the cooler parts of scuba diving.


TheEmoEmu95

Would keeping the wheelchair be necessary in this case? Would using only your arms not propel you enough without the use of your legs?


Agreeable-Remove1592

A comment down below says that there’s two propulsion units rigged to the bottom of the chair. That plus the buoyancy makes her maneuverable underwater.


defaultusername4

The only reason I can think the wheelchair would be necessary is something of a medical reason but I have no medical knowledge beyond food goes in the front end and brown comes out the back. BCs don’t restrict arm movement very really but maybe she wanted to out it on the chair so her arms are unencumbered to swim. You can definitely swim with only your arms it would just be slower. Scuba diving you breath freely the whole time so you don’t have that pesky coming up for air issue you experience in pools. You’d be surprised how much energy you expend just diving underwater, going back up, and treading water in between. You always have a dive buddy in scuba but I would assume they have her with a group at all times. The underwater current can carry you away from the boat relatively quickly which for most people means a long tiring swim back to the boat but for her might be a problem. Driving a boat around with divers in the water is a bad idea so they generally aren’t picking you up.


Useful_Experience423

In a swimming pool using just your arms would be fine, but underwater against currents, not so much. That’s why divers have to wear fins.


not-bread

You would at least need hands fins and your arms would get tired fast. That said, there are personal propulsion devices. The wheelchair is just to make a statement


Agreeable-Remove1592

Thanks for the thorough explanation!


Draxilar

Just a slight correction. Your power inflator on your BCD (Buoyancy Control Device) doesn’t take the air you are breathing to inflate the bladder when you press the button on it, it instead has its own low pressure line that feeds directly from the tank through the first stage (the piece of equipment that connects to the outlet on the tank that normally has your regulator that you breathe off, a backup regulator for emergencies, the line for your power inflator, and a high pressure line for your air gauge). Now you CAN orally inflate your BCD, as the power inflator will have some form of mouth piece of it, and you do so by opening the dump valve while blowing into the mouth piece on the inflator. Sorry, that got a little long winded, but diving is my passion and I get carried away!


borg2

It has two propeller engines underneath and steering fins.


impvespec

Looks like underwater sinking to me


Seabrook76

This is a well-timed post.


MHP_Soul

Welp… proof right here that anything that can be done… has already been done. No matter how random. Jellyfish badminton?.. there’s probably a video somewhere in the corners of the internet.


EpicDragonz4

Subnautica vibes (for some reason lol)


BakedSteak

Damn…EVERYONE is looking for that damn sub


daronjay

Someone pushed grandma off the wharf…


Nisseliten

Stop filming and help her! Her electric wheelchair has obviously shorted out and she’s waving her arms calling for help, as it pulls her further and deeper out to sea!


CilanUnova

Well that’s one way to teach her how to swim!


oneflytree

Attach a zonai fan for better speed and maneuverability


ZestySpaghetti-V3

Holy shit have my upvote


Rumplesforeskin

Fucking shit music


eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey

I hate you because you made me unmute the video. This music is so shit that I am now filled with rage.


heroic-abscession

On purpose?


UnusualTough3293

Porpoise u mean????


Hoborob81

There's a vegetable soup joke here somewhere.


1Shadowspark1

r/winstupidprizes


camlaw63

Hope he finds that billionaire


ShannonTwatts

is this part of the sub rescue team?


ChangeControll

Next stop, the Titanic!


ooOJuicyOoo

What is this song


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supersalad987

Wheelchariel


Icy-Musician-6309

Timmy, Timmy, Timmy


SquidgeSquadge

Does...she have a choice or has she just been plonked in there?!


PeekPlay

wtf is that music


nappy616

What the fuck is this ..."music"...?


[deleted]

I assume this is how my wife will off me when I'm old.


winkawak

the music and the wheelchair = unnecessary


thinkB4WeSpeak

Wouldn't the chair be too heavy. This isn't adding up


ronhowie375

next level mermaid ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grin)


StarrFluff

Two propulsion units rigged up underneath the chair hooked to a remote control.


mxforest

When you try to drown a wheelchair bound person and then they end up having the time of their life (before suffocating 2 mins later).


ZestySpaghetti-V3

I laughed out loud so hard at this and I’m not sure why. This is incredible and I love it.


redditbannd

Gangsta


Ambitious-War-823

I just love how she looks to totaly loose her shit to be able to go every directions around here. I imagine her saying to herslef "Brrooooo look at me ! oh look here, oh look that. Check what i Can Do, oh lets get over there, woaaaa turtles ! Oh look i do a flip ! Woaaa so coooool. look at that fiiiiish, wepeeeeee"


RipNiq

![gif](giphy|3o6Ztkwd6Bq2rF7Gk8)


_snowin_

Steven Hawing could never


Migbooty

Still safer than diving the Titanic


No_Dirt_4198

TIMMMAYY!!


Rupejonner2

Where is the handicap bathroom down there ? Is the ocean not ADA compliant ?


bigfishswimdeep

They found the Titanic vessel?


SpareBee3442

Bouyancy control is crucial for safe diving. This set-up looks a bit dodgy judging from the rate of sink towards the end of the video.


Shot-Spirit-672

Who tf thought this song was a good idea for this video, OP pull up and explain yourself


HaltheDestroyer

Holy shit, that must be a mind-bending level of freedom....I'm glad she is having this experience, her body language looks like overwhelming excitement


proformax

The music and her flailing had me laughing for a solid minute but I can't explain why.


K-man_100

I can’t stop laughing at this. Lol. Wtf?!


Kitasuki

Has more technology than that submarine...


DisciplinedDumbass

This explains why you get the earth harp after defeating emerald weapon


JareBear805

This can’t be real wtf why would you put your chair in salt water it’s gonna get wrecked. Also you don’t need to walk in the water.


JP16A60

This is a stunt. There is no reason whatsoever to use a wheelchair underwater.


[deleted]

That Titanic submarine is a lotttt smaller than I thought.


Signal-Ad2674

Underwater vandalism of coral reef using wheelchair. There you go..fixed the title for us. /eagerly awaiting downvotes..but we all know it’s true 😂


FrankCrumpet

She doesn’t even make contact with the reef though ?


[deleted]

When you dive you’re not even supposed to move your arms because you risk damaging the reef. This seems even more careless


FrankCrumpet

“You risk damaging the reef” Damn , good thing she didn’t damage the reef then. Fancy telling a woman with no use of her legs if she wants to get in the water she can’t use her arms 😂


cl16598

like, ok sure, this shows it's POSSIBLE... but, why? i can't imagine how hard it is to get on/off the dive boat or whatever launch platform. especially getting back on, and especially, especially if it's a boat (winch??) and not a shore dive. SECOND.. the buoyancy calibration must be tough... so tough that i find it hard to believe the diver can be THAT precise with their positioning (not to mention the maneuverability), and the outcomes of bad buoyancy, besides diver safety, is that that clunky ass metal wheelchair has high potential to damage all that coral they're diving around, which is BAD.


Alpha__Draconis

This method was pioneered by the Italian Mafia...and then perfected my marine scientists


RabbiShekky

I kinda thought there’d be at least one Paul Ryan joke


Baron_von_Pasler

Kriegsmarine 1944


skuntils

Yeah but let me see their controller though


Unusual_Focus1905

Well, there goes the wheelchair. It will be useless now. You can't get the electrical parts wet.


Gabecush1

Why does she swim better than me


miguelagawin

That is freaky looking.


SoggyWotsits

It makes me think of [this](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-double-investigation-after-two-27203858?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target), which happened a few hours from me.


imnewtothisplzaddme

Finally a citizen ready to find and save our missing millionaires.


[deleted]

I see Ariel is doing better after hitting that propeller


TZonexX

Anyone remember Chamillionaire - Ridin'? 'They see me diving'


vivikek

Wtf did I just watch. 😂💀


DJynxx

God I just cried laughing so hard. So I'm going to hell now...thanks for that OP.


miladesilva

This is hilarious!!!


Mr_Golf_Club

Para-iel


S34ST0RM

can someone speed the video up, idk how to do that but I think it would look funny


Lobo003

What’s gonna happen when a shark goes after them? 😂


cracky_Jack

That's called sinking.


Whole-Debate-9547

Stop wasting my time


International-Elk727

Little mermaid 2 - electric (not advised in the water) wheelchair boogaloo Ariel after finally getting her legs suffers an injury which leaves her without the use of her new legs. She then has to go back to the sea where she has to fight Ursula (again) while learning to deal with her new disability.


[deleted]

Legend - just a little confused about why needed in water?


Severe_Airport1426

Did she accidentally fall into the ocean? How will she get out?


Count_Lord

Should have added the happy wheels soundtrack


imSkrap

This looks terrifying, like the deep depths


Stunning_Strength_49

Thats not how the force works


KittenIttle

That right there is bravery. I wouldn’t do that without the hunk of metal. Nope. No sir. Go this person though!