It 'very important for people with disabilities feel independent. And the first step in this direction is that they move freely, without any help. In some cases, depending on their diagnosis, which can be very difficult. Even if they are in a wheelchair, if you do not have enough physical strength, and they are not able to move the wheelchair by themselves, they need someone to help them. Moreover, the feeling of dependence can damage the very state of mind. ButFortunately, these days you can find the standard manual wheelchairs, power, or so-called motorized wheelchairs.
Electric wheelchairs are basically wheelchairs to power, a person with disabilities can move and be in full control on it with a joystick. Depending on the physical capacity of the wheelchair, control panels and everything else on this type of wheelchair can be fully customized to suit the needs of disabled people. For the Disabledperson who can use manual wheelchair, power wheelchair is great solution if they need to travel longer distance or on the rough terrain, and usage of motorized wheelchair can greatly reduce pain in shoulders and arms from daily usage of manual wheelchair.
Even dough advantages of power wheelchairs are countless, you should take in consideration a few things before you decide to get you one.
First thing about motorized wheelchairs that you need to take into consideration is lifestyle of disabled person. If disabled person traveling a lot, you should be aware that power wheelchair is very heavy, and it is not foldable like a manual wheelchair, so you will probably need a custom van with wheelchair lift for transportation. Also, because of its weight, you will need help to lift it for any building entrance or any place that is not suitable for disabled persons. There are fewer places that are not suitable for access of disabled persons, but you can still find them, so that is why you need to think carefully on how will you use this wheelchair.
Because rechargeable batteries power this wheelchair, you should always keep in mind that you need to charge batteries from time to time, to be able to use power wheelchair. So if you going outdoors, on the places without electricity, like camping, you should never forget to bring adapter that will allow you to recharge your batteries with your car battery.
As we said earlier, advantages of power wheelchairs are great and most important advantage is that this wheelchair will give a freedom of movement to disabled person, and that will help enormously to mental state of this person.
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