Life in a Chair
Slide Board or Ramp Van
Getting from the chair into a car that isn't set up for a chair. What does that transfer actually look like?
Well, you need a slide board.
You get as close to the car as you can. Get as low as you can. You have someone help you. Someone that's strong. And they slide your ass into the car, down the slide board.
And then they gotta slide your ass up, back into the chair, too.
Especially if you're in a power chair, it's not easy. You can get closer in a manual chair, so it's a little easier in a manual chair. Still not an easy feat to get in.
That's why I drive wheelchair accessible vans.
Ramp or lift?
I've always had ramp vans, because I never wanted to get stuck on a lift.
Or stuck in a van. The ramp always has an emergency push-out. You can get out. The lifts have an emergency push-out-and-down thing too, but there's no way the guy in the wheelchair is gonna be able to do it himself.
So the ramp gives you a shot at getting yourself out.
Oh yeah. I've pushed many ramps up and down.
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