Today I was getting my therapy down on the veg patch with my amazing carer, she was pottering close by after making sure I had everything I needed to weed a raised veg bed and I was leisurely doing a little when someone walked past the fence and said "awww" to her friend as she saw me.
In the past this would have really brought me down as I sometimes felt stuck in my wheelchair unable to move freely with body parts that don't work on command but now it made me smile thinking how it made her day to see someone getting out and doing something which is what I was doing, it's a great space for it.
In reflection maybe the awww could of been kept internal in case it did offend someone but a nice smile, a hello, keep up the good job all great ways of acknowledgement.