Wheelchair Equipped Vans

I have a 1991 Ford Econoline 150. Equipped with a wheelchair lift w/powered side doors. Drivers seat and controls are adapted for handicapped. TV/VCR, A/C, runs great.

You should post an add on Craigslist. Someone there may be looking for one.

2008-05-16 15:14:49 by musiccross

COURTENAY - A heartless thief has stolen a wheelchair-equipped van from a Comox Valley family leaving them unable to transport their daughter who ...

A group of friends and I are planning a trip. Originally we wanted to go to Turkey (Istanbul), turns out its not wheelchair friendly. One of my friends is in a wheelchair. Need to know if either Malaysia or Singapore (or both) have wheelchair facilities, including lift equipped transport vans (taxis), since she cannot get out of the wheelchair. The van should lift her with wheelchair into the van.
Thanks.

Singapore is handicap friendly where vehicle has wheelchair facitlities can be arranged by travel agents for your convenient to travel aroound sight-seeing around tourist destinations.

2009-08-13 22:44:52 by taz

A group of friends and I are planning a trip. Originally we wanted to go to Turkey (Istanbul), turns out its not wheelchair friendly. One of my friends is in a wheelchair. Need to know if Malaysia has wheelchair facilities, including lift equipped transport vans (taxis), since she cannot get out of the wheelchair. The van should lift her with wheelchair into the van.
Thanks.

I wouldn't call Malaysia a very wheelchair friendly place. Our standards are not up to par with other wheelchair friendly countries. We do not have many vans or buses with wheelchair lifts, but most taxis would willingly help accommodate a person in a wheelchair. Though I don't know how that is going to work since you say she cannot get out of the wheelchair. LRTs are equipped with elevators though.

As for shopping malls, most have elevators and some have taken the effort to provide wheelchair ramps. There are wheelchair friendly toilets, but usually quite badly maintained. This happens even in big malls. I've seen a man in a wheelchair taking the the overhead bridge from Gardens to Midvalley Megamall, once he arrived to the other side near Little Penang Cafe, he was stuck as there were only staircases. No ramps, no elevator from that point. My friend and I offered to help but he refused and just went back on the bridge.

Our sidewalks are also not very wheelchair friendly. Not only is it sometimes uneven, but they are on a higher level kerb and there are also lamp posts and sign boards which appear in the center of the sidewalk, making it hard for a person in a wheelchair to maneuver.

Sadly, wheelchair users in Malaysia have to depend on the help of friends and family to get around.

2009-08-15 23:48:34 by taz

My neighbor went ahead and brought his mother home from the inpatient care facility. She has Alzheimer's/dementia. Her medication is helping but she is limited in her understanding and abilities. So far she has been cooperative but she does become very angry about imagined thefts, etc. Perhaps some of you remember that my neighbor is confined to a wheelchair himself. He has a specially equipped van so he can drive them around and he's doing the cooking. He has limited assistance from other family members but they have made it clear that he is his mother's primary caregiver.

Do you have any helpful suggestions I might pass on to him?
Sorry for the awkward wording in my question. This is one of those "This is the rest of the story" situations that may seem odd if you didn't hear the first part of it.

My mother died 3 years ago from this. You do the best you can.
some good tips here, but in the end they will have to have 24 hour care and a nurse in the building.

2009-01-02 08:18:26 by Miz D

To Whom It May Concern:



Tragedy struck my sister's family two years ago. A train collided with her husband's SUV while on his way home from work. Doctors gave little hope for his survival and said that if he lived he would more than likely be in a vegetative state. Miraculously he survived, with a trauamtic brain injury and spent six months in the hospital. He lost all physical ability, including all motor movements, eating and speaking. After many heartfelt prayers and a strong faith in God, Dwaine is struggling to relearn all aspects of every day functions. My sister works part time to keep abreast of bills and to keep her insurance because without it, his medicines alone would not be affordable. Dwaine requires 24 hour care with constant supervision. He needs to be worked with daily on all of his extremeties to prevent muscle contractures, and breakdown, and muscle atrophy. He requires aggresive therapy to promote relearning. He is now able to move his legs and arms and hold his head upright. When he first came home from the hospital he was much like a newborn baby, and in a lot of ways he still is, but my sister will never give up. She moves his body weight by herself, whether it is for him to do his therapy or simply moving him from bed to wheelchair. She feeds and medicates him three times a day through a feeding tube. Now Dwaine is learning to swallow and we hope one day he speaks. We know he has his long-term memory and can communicate some through pictures and hand motions. He shows all forms of emotion. My wish for my sister and her two young daughters, Savannah 9, and Serenity 2, is to somehow help in making their home life easier. Dwaine is only allowed 100 visits of homehealth therapy per year. He is able to have outpatient therapy but is very hard on Teresa because her only means of transportation is a car. Since most of her money is spent on caring for Dwaine and meeting the needs of her two children she needs help with getting a handicap equipped van. Having a van would allow Dwaine to continue therapy so that he doesn't regress to being completely bedbound. By having a van this would also allow the family to go out and function as a family. My sister is not able to go out much because she has to pay somebody to come and stay with Dwaine. If she had a van she could take him out more and have more family functions outside of the home. Please take in to consideration this family's needs for your help. I'm sure you have heard this many times, but they also watch your show. Thank you so much for your time.

Maybe having a fund raiser benefit would help raise money for the van. Maybe a local church or one of the charity organizations will help raise the money. Have your sister ask the social worker at her husband's hospital if he/she has any ideas about where to raise money. Maybe a bank will open a fund so people can donate to that fund.
People generally are very kind.

2008-05-26 09:41:42 by allisonasheboro