Wheelchair Lift is an Advanced Mobility System for Disabled

Wheelchair lifts are an advanced mobility systems that have simply revolutionized and charged the way the disabled move, work and live. They are available in a number of designs and looks to suit the varying needs of users but still there are infinite numbers of ways they can be customized for the benefits of end users. Especially if you are directly buying it from the manufacturer instead from a retailer shop, it can be easily customized as per your need. Buyers can select the elevator that'll serve their needs the most. There are wheelchair lifts for various purposes.

The benefits of wheelchair lifts are clear in that they eliminate the need to lift the wheelchair and place it into a vehicle or onto a higher or lower plane. The cumbersome process can be eliminated with the wheelchair lift with the individual just having to pull up his wheelchair to the platform of the lift and be lifted up or down. This is the most convenient way for disabled to be up a few stairs or height which is otherwise not accessible or needs a ramp. It gives them a big shot of confidence and enables them to visit places which were earlier not accessible and ride vehicles.

Wheelchair lifts are also used in wheelchair accessible vans and other vehicles. Here also the wheelchair ramp can suffice the purpose but the wheelchair lifts enable them to be adapted for varied purposes including climbing truck cabs to operate heavy equipment. Wheelchair lifts come in automatic and semi-automatic versions. In an automatic lift a switch takes care of the lift's folding, unfolding, lowering and raising, while in a semi-automatic wheelchair platform lift one needs to manually fold and unfold the platform.

There is always one more innovation in the manufacturing of wheelchair lift to make it more convenient and useful for the users. Any new design is an improvement over the old one making it more demanded in the market. The manufacturing of electric and hydraulic wheelchair lifts is giving mobility to more and more disabled and hence government is also supporting the manufacturing of safe and secure lifts. Therefore it has laid down ADA guidelines which are followed in the manufacturing process to ensure that the lift you buy is totally safe for use. You can find a number of models of wheelchair lifts at Express Ramps and choose the one that suits your needs.