Clarifing Descriptors

ccactus

I'm a bit confused on what you are asking about, you refer to the Standing and Sitting activity but use the criteria for Moving Around

For Moving Around, please be award that this is not a walking test, it is a Mobility test! In addition to your walking it considers your ability to self-propel a manual wheelchair over the same distances, you do not need to be using a wheelchair or even to own one for it to be considered. SO even if you can show your walking is restricted, unless you can also show that you cannot self-propel the wheelchair you will still not score points.

For Standing and Sitting it is the total time that you can remain at a workstation that is being tested, so you can move from a standing to seated position and back again without the clock stopping, it will only be when you have to move away from the workstation due to significant discomfort or breathlessness that the time will be looked at.

For reaching, be aware that this looks at both hands and arms, so even if you are restricted in one hand/arm, you will not score points if the other is not effected.

As to how to answer the questions. First if you find the tick boxes restrictive then you can mark them "see below" and answer in the comments box, just make sure that you actually answer the question asked.

By ticking "it varies" you are saying that the way you are limited by your conditions changes, you need to explain how it varies and the time that effected for, so typically you would talk about how you are at your worst, your best and how you are the majority of the time and for each you would indicate the number of days a week, or a month, or weeks a year, etc. that you effected in that way.

Tick what you are capable of doing for the majority of the time, taking into account restrictions such as significant discomfort and repeatability as appropriate.

Gordon