A high school student says she's shocked but
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."
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."
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