wayan
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Post by wayan on Jun 17, 2009 5:13:06 GMT -5
Please forgive me my ignorance, and indeed down right laziness. I suppose I could wiki Google all this but I do prefer the personal touch to be honest. I have quite a few questions on or about devoteeism (is this even a word?). Its not for academic research but mainly for my own personal need to know as the whole idea of this is well enticing to say the least. So without further ado here goes.
1) What is your personal definition of a devotee? 2.) Wheeler, a common term seen around the site. Does it include and cover all forms of physical disability that require a wheelchair for mobility (electric or otherwise). Or is it more specific, and only applies to disabled people with spinal injury and/or decent to good upper body condition? 3.)Are devotees generally attracted physically/sexually to disability in general or is it more a draw to the need to be needed/look after someone? 4.)How common are devotee's? Is it a rare thing or am I likely to meet more if I know what I'm looking for?
... and thats it for now. I'm sure more will come to mind as a peruse the site more of from answers received here but its a good starting point to get the ball rolling.
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Jun 17, 2009 10:42:40 GMT -5
I'm not the bestest to answer these questions... but the others seems to be busy, so I'll kick it off... 1. A devotee is someone who's attracted to people with disabilities. 2. This particular site is wheeler specific. It began for devotees of paraplegic men. That's why the term is so very common here and hence the name para-devo. There are as many flavors of devo-ism as there are devotees. It ranges from difficulty ambulating to low level paras to quadriplegia to amputees to blindness and deafness. And any one person can have a mix of several things they're attracted to. A lot of us are attracted to more than one thing... 3. I can only speak personally here, but for me it has nothing to do with needing to be needed. 4. I have no idea how common it is. I think not very according to things I've read around the site.
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wayan
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Post by wayan on Jun 17, 2009 14:37:00 GMT -5
So does wheeler include all subsets of wheelchair disabilities or just mainly para? I'm defiantly a wheelchair user so am just making sure I'm at the correct branch of devo-ism so to speak.
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Post by Inigo Montoya on Jun 17, 2009 15:37:25 GMT -5
Yeah, that's how it started but everybody's welcome. So... welcome. ;D
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