Would You Be Willing to "Spend A Day In My Wheels"

Local radio station KLOVE featured a podcast story this week about Alex Johnson of Lebanon, TN.  Five years ago, when Alex was in the fifth grade, he expressed to his father a way to help his classmates understand and experience what he had to deal with every day as a wheelchair user.   This was the beginning of the "Spend A Day in My Wheels" challenge (another similarly named challenge exists in Ireland).

Alex has a rare skeletal disorder which initially left him dependent on a walker and then later a wheelchair by the time he started the first grade.  The father and son partnered with Permobile, to provide the wheelchairs utilized by participants. The social media nomenclature is #spendadayinmywheels  @GoTeamAlex   

"Spend a day in a manual TiLite wheelchair doing daily activities at your workplace or school and share your experience– SIMPLE!"  

The State Legislators of Tennessee participated in the challenge in February of 2020. 

From the left: State Rep. Clark Boyd, R-Lebanon, Nathan Johnson, and Wilson County 8th-grader Alex Johnson. Boyd and nine members of the House of Representatives accepted Alex Johnson’s “Spend the Day in My Wheels” challenge at the state capitol in Nashville on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

*Permobil Mission: Permobil develops, manufactures and markets power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs and seating/positioning systems for people with mobility disabilities. Permobil’s products provide superior quality, performance, safety and function to provide users with the best possible compensation for their disabilities.

• Accept the challenge (or for questions) EMAIL: TeamAlex@permobilfoundation.org