wheelchair-user

See also: wheelchair user

English

Noun

wheelchair-user (plural wheelchair-users)

1. Alternative form of wheelchair user.
   • 1962 March 23, James N. Miller, “Design Easy-to-Fit Garb for Disabled”, in Asbury Park Evening Press, eighty-third year, number 70, Asbury Park, N.J., page 26:

     For wheelchair-users there are separate pockets fitted to the chair arm which take the burden off clothes.

   • 1966 June 3, “‘Space shoes’ pioneered at St. Stephen’s”, in Chelsea News, West London Press, number 5,512, page one:

     Known as “space shoes” to the researchers, a revolutionary type of boot to enable wheelchair-users with rheumatic feet to walk without pain is being developed at St. Stephen’s Hospital, Chelsea.

   • 2023 January 30, Sarah Grochowski, “Permanent restaurant patios go to public debate next month”, in Vancouver Sun, page A3:

     Elevated dining areas without ramp access don’t allow wheelchair-users to be customers.