| Getting a wheelchair accessible van is a huge step | | | | know about the fact that you're driving without being |
| towards independence for someone who is | | | | able to use your feet at all! |
| wheelchair bound. Without a van, you have to rely on | | | | When you go to purchase your first - or next - |
| other people to get you into a car and to put your | | | | wheelchair accessible van, why not ask about getting |
| wheelchair away. Today's technology, though, allows | | | | these simple and convenient controls installed? You |
| you to easily get into and out of a van so you can get | | | | can actually get them installed easily just by checking |
| where you need to go faster. Before you stop at just | | | | with a mobility vehicle dealer in your area. These |
| putting a wheelchair lift in your car, though, why not | | | | controls can be installed in a matter of minutes, and |
| think about taking your independence a step further by | | | | they cost next to nothing to purchase and have |
| adding hand controls? | | | | installed. The convenience that you get for the price is |
| Hand controls sound complicated, but they're actually a | | | | absolutely astonishing. |
| ridiculously easy way to be able to drive a car on your | | | | If you really want to make the most of your hand |
| own. They can actually be screwed into a van and | | | | controls, you may also want to consider making the |
| then connected when you need them. Your friends | | | | transfer to the driver's seat simpler. One way to do |
| and family members can simply disconnect them | | | | this is to use a side entry handicap van with a transfer |
| when they're driving with their feet. | | | | seat. This type of seat will turn around toward the |
| Hand controls essentially screw into the brake and | | | | back so that you can slide into it easily. It will then turn |
| accelerator of the car. It takes some getting used to, | | | | toward the front and allow you to face front, buckle in, |
| but in time you can drive very smoothly controlling the | | | | and get the car going with your brand new controls. In |
| wheel as well as the brake and accelerator by hand. | | | | this way, you can have total independence and be |
| You'll have to practice for a while before you'll be | | | | able to get where you need to go with no help from |
| comfortable out on the road, but eventually you'll get | | | | others. |
| the hang of the process. Other drivers won't even | | | | |