Menu
  • Lily Rice – That's how she rolls

Lily Rice – That's how she rolls

With the WCMX wheelchair at the skatepark

10.02.2021

Lily Rice can usually be found in the skatepark, refining her WCMX techniques in her pink wheelchair. The training is paying off: Lily entered the scene in 2017, two years later she was Women's World Champion. It was only logical that her biggest challenge to date was in the halfpipe – what it was, who motivates her and how she otherwise rolls, she tells us on REHACARE.com.
Photo: a young woman – Lily Rice – is wearing a helmet and doing a stunt in a pink wheelchair; Copyright: Steven Clarey

Name: Lily Rice
Age: 16
City: Pembrokeshire, Wales
Occupation: Student
Impairment: Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

What makes a day a good day for you?

Lily Rice: A good day for me is at the Skatepark in the sun with my friends.

Which auxiliary means or daily living aids are indispensable for you?

Lily Rice: I use a Vida and a Pro WCMX chair from RMA Sport. I also wear AFOs and use a walker to help me walk.

What would you like to see from society and your fellow people in dealing with people with disabilities? 

Lily Rice: I’d wish for everyone to be kind to each other and accept one another for who they are.

Which assistive device would urgently need to be invented and/or improved?

Lily Rice: There are many crazy inventions to help people with disabilities now! I think the main thing would be to make these lighter and easier to transport!

Gif animation: REHACARE 2024 from 25 to 28 September 2024 in Düsseldorf/Germany, linked to "Get your tickets now"
Photo: a woman with a helmet – Lily Rice – is doing a stunt with her pink wheelchair, she's doing a wheelie where her wheelchair is only standing on one wheel; Copyright: Steven Clarey

What has been your biggest challenge so far that you have mastered – and what has helped you to do so?

Lily Rice: I’d say my greatest challenge that I’ve mastered would be the backflip and other tricks at the Skatepark. My friends motivate me to keep trying and not give up until I land it.

What can the assistive technology industry learn from the Corona pandemic to make life easier and/or better for people with disabilities in the future?

Lily Rice: I don’t think there is much we can do in crazy times like this. Having robot physiotherapists would be cool though!

If nothing would be impossible: Who would you like to meet one day and why?

Lily Rice: I’d love to learn to dance with Chelsie Hill and the Rollettes. I think it would be a great experience!   

What was your best REHACARE experience?

Lily Rice: I haven’t been to REHACARE but I’d love to come one day!

What I finally want to say...

Lily Rice: You can do anything you want to, you just have to put your mind to it or do it differently! #PuttingTheAbilityIntoDisability

Grafik: So tickt; Copyright: beta-web/Schmitz

© beta-web/Schmitz

What makes other people actually happy in life? If you ever wondered, you have come to the right place. In regular intervals REHACARE.com asks a varity of people always the same questions. What results from that? Read for yourself!

More about…