Talk:Sitting disability

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A page called Sitting disability already exists.

Sitting problems is until now an unrecognized disability. It is not mentioned anywhere in the anti-discrimination laws, in any public documents or research. Even it is the most notable disabilities for people with back problems. Because it is not discussed anywhere, it remains as an unknown and invisible disability for many people around the world. It seems like Norway is the only nation acknowledging this disability for people with severe back problems. If the Wikipedia delete this article, sitting disability will remain unknown in the English speaking world. Please tell me what I have to do get the article accepted. I have written a similiar article in Norwegian Wikipedia. Askeladden2006 10:49, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Welcome to Wikipedia. It would help to Wikify the article by creating links to other articles and citing your references. You might also add a == See Also == linking to the Norwegian article. Brian 12:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC)btball

I see very little about this in a Google search and nothing about it in ICD9, ICD10 or SNOMED.

Is it really a recognized disability or disorder? If so, you should cite your references.

Links to any webpages or wikipedia pages that talk about back problems and also mention sitting disabilty would be useful.

One concern I have is that the majority of the (few) Google pages that show up are all within content advertising other products which makes this look like spam ... I won't tag this page as such as your article seems very plausible to me ... it just needs to cite some references (even Norwegian) to help verify that this is legitimate. The fact that I can't find it in any standard (English) medical references makes me wonder about its suitability for an Encylopedia article. But, if it is a recognized disorder, even in just one country that is potentially noteworthy. You could say something to that effect. Something like "Sitting disability, recently recognized in Norway [cite reference] which is currently the only country that recognizes it as a medical disorder, is related to back pain ...etc." I'm making it up a bit to give you an idea as I know nothing about this disabilty.

The best articles cite references, link to external sources and link to other articles (and have other articles which link to them). I hope this is helpful, please don't be discouraged!

Brian 12:25, 17 June 2006 (UTC)btball

Hello, I used to be a Government lawyer in Norway, but am now disabled due to severe back problems. Because of extreme pain, I am unable to sit for more than 5 minutes at a time, and am unable to walk for more than a couple of minutes, meaning that I spend my life laying down.

I have had sitting problems since I gave birth the last time, many years ago. The Internet, however, has made it possible for me to join the world and use my skills again. Some of the work I used to do was to help making a new and better disability and welfare laws in Norway.

You are right, Brian, you will not find much about this in Google. That is just my point. I am both flattered and sad that Norway should be the only nation recognizing this disability. It is quite a common disability over here for people with severe back pain. From my 5 years experience with my international online support group, I can tell it is quite common for people around the world with back problems. As a lawyer working on the Norwegian disability laws for several years, I can assure you it is a real disability and disorder and this is not spam. As I said, sitting problems is one of the most notable disabilities for people with severe back problems. Sitting disability is not a recently recognized disorder in Norway. It is a well known and the most usual problem when having severe back pain. It is just not a whole lot published about it on the Internet yet. It is an overlooked impairment, but that is not because it is not existing or not recognized.

As far as I know, it is only a few Norwegian articles, my own websites with information in both Norwegian and English about sitting disability. I can give you an English website that explains how to make your own tools when you have sitting problems, but I am afraid it looks commercial.

http://www.aglasshalffull.org/computer-setups-for-the-back-lying.html

http://odin.dep.no/filarkiv/274587/cbk-Ryggforeningen_i_Norge.pdf

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sittehemning

http://www.mosken.com/sitteproblemer.html

http://www.mosken.com/sit.html

My Norwegian website is listed in ODP/Demoz.

I can assure you my websites are not commercial and like my online support group they are all non profit. Actually I pay for having them all up and running.

The reason I didn’t post the links I had, is they are in Norwegian and some of them are my own websites.

Thank you so much for listening to me and helping! My native language is as you might have guessed Norwegian. Althought I have been building websites in English the last 5 years. I am absolutely not discouraged! I was actually shocked when I accidently discovered that sitting disability was not mentioned anywhere on wikepedia! A good friend in the US told me that and suggested for me to write something. Askeladden2006 16:58, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I am sorry, I noticed now that I said myself it is a unrecognized disability. First of all, I didn't mean it is a new medical disorder. It is unfortunately as old as back problems haS ever excisted. It is an invisible disease and in anti-discrimination law documents, it is very often overlooked or forgotten. I was more thinking of the legal issues, not the medical side. Askeladden2006 17:04, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, your article is no longer a candidate for speedy deletion and looks like a good Wiki article. Thanks for your patience. I will do what I can to help improve your article, but it is now a good article overall by Wikipedia standards (in my opinion). Brian 21:44, 17 June 2006 (UTC)btball

Just because there are few articles in the English language mentioning sitting disability, it does not mean that the article is an insufficient piece of information. This disability is discussed in many Norwegian documents. I am trying to make the English speaking part of the world aware of this disability as mostly English speaking only mention: reduced mobility and visual or auditory impairments. Askeladden2006 10:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Agree - this is a nice article now. Good work. Let me know if there's anything more I can do to help.

Brian 13:47, 9 July 2006 (UTC)btball