"What happened to you?"

Were you in an accident?"

"So, you can't walk at all?"

I've been visibly disabled by RA - deformities, contractures, scars - for most of my life and have used a power wheelchair for over 30 years. This means I get questions about it from total strangers. Sometimes, it's the person next to me in the elevator, sometimes a random stranger starting a chat while I'm reading a book in the park. Most recently, it was a nurse asking the question while I was visiting my mother...