It's one thing to be attracted to a hot girl in a wheelchair, but another thing to be attracted to a girl because they are in a wheelchair. In the wheelchair community, we call them "devotees". Technically they are called "wheelchair devotees" because they are devoted to people in wheelchairs, or better yet obsessed with people in wheelchairs. When I was first injured, I knew nothing about this fetish and fell victim to many of them. I am not one to knock anyone's kink, but when it becomes a creepy obsession damn straight I am gonna knock it.
If you like a girl because she is a beautiful girl in a wheelchair, cool. If you like a girl because she has to use a wheelchair, use a catheter, has atrophied legs, has curled fingers, may have incontinence problems, and you just enjoy watching them struggle to do things, FUCKING CREEPY! Nobody should be turned on by someone else's daily struggle. I am sure this will piss off the creepy devotees, but it needs to be shared.
What I find the most disgusting about them, is that they try to hide their fetish. I don't mind the ones who are at least upfront about it. I still won't talk to them, but I respect them at least. Most devotees create fake social media accounts, pretending to be someone in a wheelchair, to gain our trust. They will steal an actual wheelchair users photo and create fake accounts in order to talk to us. I fell victim when I was first injured, and gave info about my injury to many fake accounts because I wanted somebody to relate to so bad. I felt so violated once I found out what a devotee was and how much information I gave to so many of them. For them, any talk about someone's injury is the equivalent to dirty talk. They love to hear about what we can or can't feel/move, or how we use the bathroom, or how we struggle to do things.
Not only do we have to be aware of the fake accounts, we have to worry about our safety from them. Some have gone as far as stalking wheelchair users. They will steal our photos and post them on fetish sites. Some will go as far as threatening your life if you do not entertain them. It is hard enough being disabled, and having to worry about our safety from someone obsessed with our disability is not okay.
I am writing this for the one's who are newly injured and unaware. I am writing this for those not in the disabled community who also need to be aware of what we deal with. I will say, not all devotees are shady. Some are very open and honest. This is just to bring awareness, so we can protect ourselves from harm. I never want to feel violated by these people again, and I will take every precaution to prevent it.
