By: Rudy Silva
Submitted: 2010-11-22 18:51:45 | Word Count: 544
Before explaining in details the advantages of having a wheelchair van, it is best to understand what the wheelchair vans are. First, they are unlike any other. These vans, which are sometimes called accessible vans, are designed for easy access for people with physical disability. Thus, the opening can be different and wider. In some handicap vans, the doors can be sliding or flipping. If the doors are flipped to open, they normally come with two flipping doors.
Second, once you take a peek inside, you will see that there is more vacant space and fewer chairs. In a regular van, the backside portion becomes a compartment for whatever stuff or goods you may want to store. However, in wheelchair accessible vehicles, the back portion may be separated with a partition and is insulated for specific purposes.
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There are also wheelchair vans that have the entire van totally empty inside-no chair from either side. The vacant space is allotted for the wheelchair or beds should there be any, like the ones on ambulances and rescue units.
Third, there are accessible vans that have the middle portion of the van vacant, while there are chairs on the rear and after the driver’s seat. The front seat is also intended, generally for the physically disabled, although there are vans that have the special chair mounted on the body of the van.
Fourth, the floor of the accessible vans are specifically lowered to 10 or 14 inches to allow more head room for passengers who would like to sit on their own chairs while having the ride, or would want to do the chair transfer while inside.
With this information, you can easily draw the uses of having the special vans. They provide easy and quick access for patients to get inside the vehicle. The physically disabled individuals are transferred inside the van while being seated on their wheelchair. Hence, there should be enough vacant space inside to make the passenger feel comfortable during the ride.
Nevertheless, even if the passenger with physical disability is able to get into her or his own vehicle, it may be more convenient if there are individuals who will push the wheelchair up into the handicap van.
A sliding sled is used to push the wheelchair up and to slide it down during un-mounting. This feature is very helpful especially if it is snowing or raining. Passengers with disability are often slow in their movements, thus, it will take time for them to mount onto the vehicles on their own.
Patients who are physically disabled are not given the chance to see the world outside their confines, because of the difficulty of transfer and transportation. But with the wheelchair vans, families can now take their disabled loved ones anywhere-from grocery stores to having a holiday on a beach. They can also go to their appointments, such as hair salon, doctor and massage salons with ease.
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