| If you have limited mobility, or if you are | | | | individual into the vehicle without removing |
| caring for someone with limited mobility, | | | | them from their wheelchair. It makes it much |
| then perhaps a wheelchair lift would be a | | | | easier for the person to travel, because they |
| benefit. Wheelchair lifts are ideal for | | | | are not constantly being lifted and placed in |
| people who need to reach higher areas, for | | | | and out of their wheelchair. It also helps |
| instance in a two-story home. Wheelchair | | | | the caregivers, simply because they do not |
| lifts come in different types for different | | | | need to lift and carry the individual. |
| uses. | | | | |
| | | | Having a wheelchair lift means more mobility |
| The two most commonly used types are the | | | | and independence. Not having to be lifted and |
| stair wheelchair lift and the van or | | | | carried upstairs, or lifted and placed into |
| automobile wheelchair lift. The stair | | | | vehicles helps handicapped people feel that |
| wheelchair lift is used in the home to | | | | they have more freedom to come and go as they |
| transport the user to a higher floor. They | | | | please. Needing to go to an upstairs room |
| aid in the climbing of stairs by transporting | | | | means not waiting for someone to have time to |
| the user and the wheelchair up and down the | | | | lift and carry them upstairs. Not to mention |
| stairs. Stair lifts are also used in this | | | | the ease of not having to fold the wheelchair |
| aspect, however, stair lifts do not allow for | | | | and carry it upstairs also. |
| the wheelchair to be moved. Wheelchair lifts | | | | |
| are more suited for people constrained to a | | | | Determining what use you have for it is the |
| wheelchair because they allow the user to | | | | main factor when choosing the type of |
| move up and down the stairs without help, and | | | | wheelchair lift that you need, although some |
| do not require that the user be removed from | | | | people have lifts for their homes and their |
| the wheelchair. | | | | vehicles. This simply makes the every day |
| | | | tasks easier, and gives the handicapped |
| Automobile wheelchair lifts are used to aid | | | | individual more freedom and more mobility. |
| in getting the person into a vehicle, | | | | Having more independence can mean the |
| normally a van, although the lift can be | | | | difference between feeling like a burden and |
| fitted to most vehicles, whether it is a van, | | | | living life to its fullest. |
| truck, or car. These lifts help the | | | | |