Two magic words: magnetic doorstop. I can't imagine my front door without one. Seriously the best ten dollars I ever spent. This was super funny to watch though! He's such a good sport 😊

I smashed my hand this week twice going in the front door with my wheelchair. It is trickier then people realize.

I love these videos where an able bodied person sees how difficult seemingly simple things are for us. The parrot you are seeing is probably a Ring Necked Parakeet, an introduced species that's spreading everywhere.

I’m learning so much from you and your family. As newly diagnosed ALS person who will be in a wheel chair soon you bring the humanity to this and give me hope.

Going to the shops looks easy but is not when the road is not even. I love your videos. ❤❤❤

The part i loved... "get your own brick"

Have you considered getting a longer ramp so the incline is more gradual? When we had the ramp built for mom , the incline was too steep for me to push her up without difficulty. The handyman rebuilt the ramp so it extended about a foot or so longer and the incline was easier for me to push mom up in her wheelchair

I keep the neighbours entertained with my manoeuvres 😊

The doorways of our house are kinda narrow, so when I'd be pushing mom into her bedroom, I'd yell "elbows" to remind her to pull her arms in so her elbows wouldn't hit the door frame. Watching Shaun trying to get in the door, I found myself yelling "elbows" at the video 😆

You do make a very good point! As a child, I always watched the para-olympics and was in awe of the hard work and effort people put into becoming the best they could! We are in the 21st century! To look at people as 'less than' or 'embarrassing' because of mobility aids is just ridiculous! No one chooses to have a disability! If using wheelchairs or blades or anything else enables you to lead your best life, do it! X

I REALLY wish I had someone in my life willing to do the wheelchair challenge! Good job, Shaun! Great idea Gem!!!

I love how he called the pink wheelchair pinky tuscadero. I always loved it when she and her sister leather were on happy days , lol.

Was lot’s of fun watching your hubby using the wheelchair. 😮thanks 😊

We make things look too easy for walking people. So they think that it is easy. I hate strong doors 🚪

I think it’s great that you arranged these challenges. The best way to imagine what it’s like to be someone else is to do something the way they would end I think that finding the humor as well as ideas for adding additional adaptations it’s always two great things that can come from there.

Damn that makes me appreciate my new flat 😂 I'm an ambulatory wheelchair user and recently moved from a 60s flat without a lift to a 5yo flat that not only has a lift, but the main door to the building is automatic (sensor from inside, key tag from outside) and I still manage to faff with my keys 😂

A hack that I learned from Roll with Cole and Charisma's accessible house tour is to put a 2nd handle on the hinge side of the door if it isn't self-closing, that way you don't have to reach all the way to the door handle in order to pull it shut. The last place I lived really needed this, because the only way I could close the door from the outside while in my chair was to stick my hand between the hinge side of the door and the door frame and push it closed hard enough to where I could reach the knob, but not so hard to where I smashed my fingers because I didn't pull them out in time (thankfully, the only times my hand got hit, I was wearing my winter gloves, so it didn't hurt). I'm sure if the handle alone wasn't enough, one could attach some sort of rope between the 2 handles and use that instead to allow more leverage. My parents just had their driveway replaced last month and a patio put in in the front, and we spent quite a while with the workers figuring out exactly where and how to put in a ramp (the one non-negotiable feature I insisted on) so that I could get from the driveway up the 8 inches to the porch without having to get out of my chair (part time wheelie here, but there are times where it's impossible for me to walk). Originally, they were only going to put one in that went from the porch to the driveway, but when they actually did the work, they figured out a way to also put one in from the porch to the patio (that was actually my mom's request, not mine), and now I can get from the porch to the patio and back again without having to hop a curb or wheel out and around to the bottom of the driveway ramp (which runs parallel to the porch between the porch and the patio. We're still figuring out how to make a ramp from the porch to the front door work, though, since it's a 6"-8" step and there's a self-closing screen door as well, which opens the opposite way as the inner door (because of the layout, we can't switch either door around to where their hinges are on the same side) - might just have to buy a short movable threshold ramp and install some way to hold it in place during the times it's needed (I don't live there, but I spend a lot of time there on trips, so it's needed but doesn't necessarily need to be permanently installed).

This is exactly why I'm to scared to let my spouse drive my mobility scooter or powerchair! It's tricky, and if you're not careful and used it to it, things get banged up - and I don't want my chair banged up! He used to give me grief when I was getting used to the chair and then tried it. Let's just say he stopped giving me grief once he tried it😂

Gem and Shaun, thank you both so much for this. I laughed out loud quite a few times. It has been the perfect antidote to these annoying "wheelchair travel" videos I just watched about adaptive skiing and the national parks in the US which were so evidently made by totally healthy men sitting in wheelchairs. This was just lovely. I am only a part-time/home wheelchair user at this point, walker on wheels for outdoors, lucky to have lasted this long with 25+ years of MS but your videos have really helped me adjust in the past year and a half since I started to need the chair at home.

I’ve seen your older videos and it always looked so hard for you to get in/out of the house, especially that metal bit right where the door is, that looks so hard to get over!

what a good sport he was as a chair user this just gave me such a good hearty laugh

IT's ok slopes are not something any of us like lol. I'm a fairly new electric wheelchair user and I am still having issues going through doorways and I hate hills.

We now have a keypad on our front door that we can lock and unlock remotely/with an app and it has made a world of difference. I think it was about $100, but allows my kids to come and go without a key, allows me to let handymen in remotely if I'm running behind, ... You can also use your fingerprint to open it, but we havent figured that out yet. 🤪

Love watching these challenges. I was starting to think Shaun might need a crash helmet when trying to balance on the ramp. Have you thought of building a platform (big enough for your chair) over the front step and then have the ramp lead to that? It could reduce some effort when closing/opening the front door.

I know the ramp is much better than before Gem, but with my decking ramp we have a square flat area right outside the door, so there’s no need to hold or put breaks on as you unlock/open the door, then have the ramp go from there, yes it’ll go further into your front garden but WAYYYY easier, I also have screwed on grippers on the decking for more grip not only that but it’ll stop it being slippy for daisy and Shaun too, tweaking that ramp won’t take much, but will make so much difference to your everyday life. I think you should also call out cyclone too, the tilt whilst your connected to the batec is too much in my opinion your casters don’t need to be that high off the ground xx

What should we challenge Shaun to do next? Honestly I thought this challenge was going to be too simple and too boring. How wrong was I? Watch our passed videos: Husband shops in my wheelchair: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z79nZ7x3v8q6Yac.html Hubsand shops in my wheelchair kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZ2Pa8Vlx86slXk.html I treid my wifs wheelchair and this shocked me the most.

This made me chuckle! I’ve gotten so used to figuring out tricky situations in my wheelchair, that I forget it used to be a major struggle. My biggest challenge, still, are cambers; steep or shallow, they’re a pain, literally. As an aside, we’re going on holiday soon, and all your advice about travel and flying has been absolutely fantastic, so thank you for all your hard work and for passing on all your knowledge. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻X

I don't know if privilege is the right word or not but your video really shows the importance of accessible and inclusive design in the built environment. I don't need it but I love when I see level boarding on trains or when buses lower themselves so a wheelchair user can board by themselves. I may not need these features now but you never know when you might in the future. The way lifts are incorporated in to the elizabeth line stations is pretty good too and make it less sensorily demanding and less overwhelming to me. I don't get why most of our houses and buildings require a step up to enter them to be honest, it shouldn't be hard to make it level with the pavement, the same with fitting lifts. Regardless, really is time all our buildings were retrofitted so anyone can use them and not be disadvantaged in any way.

thank you very much for what you are doing. I've been disabled for 5 or 6 years and I feel so lonely.

You need a flat platform at the door with a ramp up to it..

my favorite part of this video is tink coming in and out and getting in the way lol

I’ll never forget the first time I proceeded to go through the door to go outside with my previous wheelchair and hadn’t put anti tips in position nor seatbelt. I found doing a complete backflip after 50 is a major head rush.

Oh my goodness I haven’t laughed that much in ages! You two are a great pair

I am not a wheelchair user, but I think an able bodied user is likely to not be quite as aware as a regular user how to use their body weight, it becomes 2nd nature to a regular user.

You need a ramp Like I have. The ramp takes me up to a landing where I can turn and face the door and open it easily. Not sure if you have the space to do something like that. I am lucky that I only use my chair part-time for now.

OMG I love that jacket! I want one ha ha ha if you know, I live in Florida now😂 And it was awesome seeing Sean do the wheelchair challenge and struggle with reaching and getting in and maneuvering and rolling backwards and all the things we deal with in our wheelchairs! Bravo Sean, you’re a good sport😂

Shawn has good taste

Haha I also fly my parrots outdoors, it's more common than you may think in the UK, especially near London

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Wow.. that is a nice ramp, I remember when it wasn't there :D Just thinking.. is it possible to make a ramp with a flat end right at the door? It will extend a bit more, but will be safer to be stationary on, especially in winter when it's slippery out there. Shaun did very well indeed, but oof.. I was holding my heart when he was holding those posts, for sure!

I think one of the next Shaun challenges should include some cooking.

I'm so tempted to see if I can get my partner to try this 😄

Omg….I feel awful for laffing at Shaun, but it was funny as Hell, think I may get my lot to day wheelchair challenges, coz there always going on about me, you should have done this ….blah blah blah, plus it’s showing you how hard it can be, which like this getting in and out the front door with a electric hand cycle, is bloody hard and time consuming…can’t wait for you to do more, Good job too Shaun. 👏👏🤣🤣😎🤘

these challenges will at least convince him that you need a better ramp?

Has Daisy ever done a challenge like this?

love you two, this was great. I have to start watching more of your videos. This made me laugh so much.

Have you thought getting a non-slip service on the ramp at front door, it would make life little easier? We had it on a ramp we had it was a great help.

I'm lucky my ramp has a flat bit at top so can open door. lol

What a good sport, and also a very hard task.

I had a ramp built outside my house and it makes a lot of difference. Even though it is only a slight incline then at the top it has a landing part so I can turn my wheelchair round. this allows me to open the front door, but to close the front door I have to go so far in to grab the door handle and slowly back out onto the landing part of my ramp. I know you can get automatic doors for wheelchair users but this was never offered for me. So I think that is something which he can look at for you and this will make it easier. I have also told my hubby about the challenges and he is going to give it ago to see if he can do it.

That made me laugh ,Thankyou Shawn I needed that

Tinks is like,"open the bloody door Dad, whats wrong with you?"

We make it look easy so our partners think it is until they have a go 😂

I love his creative thinking!

I am full time wheelchair user and have CP I have only one extra cost, which is my day chair Don’t take this the wrong way but everyone has extra costs wheather you have a disability or not

I cant even use my front door with my chair. Got to use the back door all the time and ofc my neighbours are a pain in the arse and always block the alley

Shawn is such a good sport! I love seeing the two of you together.

Imagine Shaun trying to get through a door that opens inward with a screen door that opens outwards. And the screen door tends to slam shut if you're not careful

Has Sean patched up the scratches on the doors and walls. Lol

Hi Gem and Shaun, I’ve recently moved and my new bungalow has an automatic front door, makes life so much easier ❤

Yieks! Funny in a scary kind of way. I'm sure watching this back it would be helpful to have a landing in front of the door - much safer for all - and I have seen a lot of wheelchair users put a grab handle at the appropriate height near the hinge to avoid unnecessary reaching & stretching. Enjoy your week - hope it wasn't too wet in your neck of the woods.

So funny 😂 maybe should do the same challenge with my husband.

What you really need to make life easier is a door that is electric. I have an electric entrance door at my home

This is hilarious 😂

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I struggled the 1st time going into a disabled toilet leaning to unlock it with a key and open and closing its a nightmare. Luckily I have my son with me most of the time and ask him to unlock and open it for me 🙈 x

weres me shoe 🤣

Question. I know when a person cross-country skis, longer sleeves are nice. Is the same true for manual wheelchair users? I have a powerchair, never had manual. I use a rollator inside and all the little changes in thresholds drive me crazy. Doors are a big deal, especially if big and wide and heavy and self-closing.

Oh my God well thing he need to practice a bit more😂 I’m just closing my eyes

There's only one wheel!

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