subject: Wheelchair Accessible Vans Make Limited Mobility Travel Safe and Simple [print this page] Wheelchair Accessible Vans Make Limited Mobility Travel Safe and Simple
The mobility of disabled individuals advanced leaps and bounds with the invention of wheelchair accessible vans. Now transporting wheelchairs and their occupants is a much easier task with the use of wheelchair accessible vans.
Understanding the way things look from the perspective of someone in a wheelchair is not so easy to do until you've been there or at least known someone who has up close and personal. The limitations disabled individuals face every day include things that many others take for granted. Things such as staircases, room in public places to accommodate their wheelchairs, and navigating from one place to another can be challenging tasks on a regular basis.
Imagine going to your car every day to go to work, to the store, or out to eat. If you have no physical disabilities or mobility limitations, you get in the car, turn on the ignition, drive to your destination, and return home. Now imagine the same scenario but this time, think of yourself as confined to a wheelchair. Everything changes, doesn't it? You now have to get into the vehicle from or in a wheelchair. At your destination, the reverse is true, but still just as complicated. This is why wheelchair accessible vans are so important to those with limited mobility.
In the not so distant past, wheelchair accessible vans were so expensive that affordability was out of the question for many. With the advancements and developments in mobility van conversions, handicap vans are now within reach to more individuals than ever before.
Even if a new van purchase is out of the question, there are plenty of quality retrofitted used vans out there with low mileage and with time remaining on their warranties. Safety in a wheelchair van does not have to be comprised either. Most conversion packages on vans have been crash tested and must conform to federal regulations, making sure that the retrofitted van is perfectly safe for use even after the conversion modifications.
With the new and modern ramp extensions, a wheelchair occupant does not even have to leave their chair to board a wheelchair van. Once aboard, the wheelchair is then fastened into place securely and safely with fasteners and seatbelts for a safe and comfortable ride. Some vans even accommodate more than one wheelchair at a time. Limited mobility individuals can experience more freedom of movement safely with the use of wheelchair vans.
