What is a wheelchair lift?

When our parents died when we were teenagers, I knew I’d have to grow up fast and help take care of my sister, Jess.  She’s a quadriplegic and has been in a wheelchair she was born. As her older brother, I’ve always had to look out for her, and I never minded it much because the truth is she looks out for me, too. When I finally got my license, Jess was overjoyed. She said that she had not seen much of the world since she was confined to that chair, but now she wishes to see all the wonderful places. I didn’t mind bit my kid sister tagging along with me most places I went. The only thing which gave me a tough time was loading and unloading that huge wheelchair of hers. It’s one of those motorize jobs and must weigh about a hundred pounds. Either that or i am not too strong. But ofcourse i couldn’t tell any thing to her. But i begun to acquire a wheelchair lift straight away.

Shopping for a wheelchair lift is like shopping for anything else—you wouldn’t believe how many different models they have! There are basically two type of wheelchair lifts that can be used for you vehicle—an internal wheelchair lift and an external one. An internal wheelchair lift is secured inside the trunk of your vehicle and it slowly hoists the chair into your trunk, while the external models attach to the hitch of your car or truck and lift the chair into the trunk. I opted to go with the internal wheelchair lift because of the storage issues.

Jess smiled when she saw her new lift. It turns out she had also been worried about me loading her wheelchair in and out of the van for quite some time.

“Thats really nice,” I blurted. But you need not worry about me.”

“I wasn’t,” she said, and smiled. “I wondered if you intended to drop my chair.”

We both laughed for a long time. Then we sat on our car and zipped away for some eats. Since we have acquired this new wheelchair lift ,loading and unloading her chair requires almost no effort – almost as simple as operating the stair lift at home. It seems so surprising to me that i spent so much time struggling with it in the past. But thats what big brothers are supposed to be meant for.

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