pleased about the online reaction to her tweet in
response to a photograph of able-bodied TV star
and model Kylie Jenner posing in a wheelchair.
Ophelia Brown, 17, uses a wheelchair due to the
complex regional pain syndrome that she was
diagnosed with at nine years old.
When she saw the Interview magazine image of
Jenner, Brown was upset and wrote a message on
Twitter that was directed at Kylie.
"Having an able-bodied person pose in a wheelchair
like it's a fashion accessory, it trivializes the concept
of a wheelchair," Brown told CBC News in an interview
at her school Thursday.
"A wheelchair is not a fashion accessory, it's not a prop,
it's not something that I can easily get in and out of.
It's not something that I want. It's something that I
need to get to school, to go out with friends, to live a
normal life.
"It's not something to be trivialized."
like it's a fashion accessory, it trivializes the concept
of a wheelchair," Brown told CBC News in an interview
at her school Thursday.
"A wheelchair is not a fashion accessory, it's not a prop,
it's not something that I can easily get in and out of.
It's not something that I want. It's something that I
need to get to school, to go out with friends, to live a
normal life.
"It's not something to be trivialized."
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