Is it just my imagination, or are many more people using powerchairs all of a sudden? I don’t mean mobility scooters – I’m used to seeing elderly people going around on scooters with handlebars at the front. But suddenly many more people seem to have started using the kind of powerchair I use, and which I think of as mobility aids of people with serious physical disabilities. Not that I want to make any assumptions or generalisations, but the people I saw using powerchairs today weren’t that old, and didn’t seem to have any physical disabilities I recognised. I saw at least four or five on my trundle today, whereas it would previously be rare for me to spot any. I can’t help finding this very odd indeed: if my perception is correct and more people have started using powerchairs, I have to wonder why. It isn’t as if those things are cheap! Might powerchairs somehow be becoming fashionable?