I love seeing other people with a shred of knowledge of the medical field calling Yaniv out on his bullshit. I couldn't quite place exactly what made those photos so offputting to me but the way that he gets on to the scooter is very different than I've ever seen someone with a legitimate issue use one. His mother is not in the photos, but I presume that she does not assist him in rising/sitting from the scooter. You would expect someone with true mobility issues to have difficulty standing, too. Even in the first photo where he is bent over, Yaniv is exaggerating how difficult it is to stand. He is standing way too far away from the scoot to effectively brace himself against it. That's why his arms are bent and perpendicular to his body. His feet are spread wide apart and his knees are bent, but he is leaning forwards because the scoot is too far away.
Why do I care about the scoot being too far away?
Because it means that Yaniv sitting down on the bus seat was not a strenuous task. If there truly were mobility issues, Yaniv would have lined the scoot up to the seat as close as possible so his mother could help him slide into the seat. He also left the scoot in the middle of the aisle. There's a door behind him, but the scoot looks to be diagonally parked across the open aisle in the cabin. That is a safety hazard and extremely inconsiderate, but I expected nothing less from the rolling troll of BC.
I personally can't wait until he steps- well, hobbles - his act up and gets a power wheelchair. The upgrade is inevitable and I could use a good laugh.
From what I've read online and heard from my neighborhood medical equipment dealer yesterday, a power chair would be better for Yaniv given what he's said about his condition.
A chair provides better physical security for someone who has seizures, "collapses," cannot feel his legs, or passes out completely without warning - all of which Yaniv has reported as happening to him more than once a week and sometimes more than once a day.
People can fall out of wheelchairs if they don't have seating restraints, but falls from scooters are far likelier and are particularly dangerous if the scooter is in motion or is near the edge of any kind of platform or path.
Scooters can be configured to keep someone on the seat, but Yaniv's does not appear to have been customized in that way. He either did not inform the provider of the symptoms he's reported on Facebook and Twitter or he had a careless/inexpert provider.
The equipment lady watched Yaniv's McDonald's drive-thru video with horror and asked why he wasn't wearing a helmet when he's driving around with what he reports as an uncontrolled seizure disorder.
Her more fundamental question was why Yaniv was driving the scooter among cars and trucks when he doesn't know from moment to moment whether he will lose consciousness or control of his body. It's not about accessibility. It's about staying alive and not risking the injury of others you may collide with or force to avoid you. Driving a scooter across highways is dangerous enough, but actually being in a traffic lane, albeit a slow moving one, is far more dangerous.
Which leads to another question: Has he had his driver's license revoked?
BC's standards for drivers who have experienced seizures generally state that a driver must (among other things) have not had a seizure for six months before resuming driving, a requirement Yaniv clearly cannot meet.
The Section 17.6.1 requirement seems to fit what Yaniv says he has experienced, but perhaps 17.6.6, 17.6.11, or 17.6.14 would be appropriate. None of them would allow him to pilot half a ton of steel or more at any speed. In the States, I know from a friend's experience that doctors treating someone with a new seizure disorder report that health problem to the driver licensing authority. It's not left up to the patient to do that. My friend went into the hospital with a flawless driving record and left ineligible to drive for a year in our state.
Perhaps Miriam is driving him to the handicapped spaces he's now entitled to use. I hope so.