Wheelchair Van Dependability - A Backseat Perspective
Posted by Megan on Friday, March 13th, 2009I’ve just joined the BraunAbility team and can’t tell you how excited I am to help promote mobility products that give freedom to individuals with disabilities across the country. As an almost daily passenger in a BraunAbility Entervan for the past 15 years, I guess I add a unique perspective to our products.
My dad was injured in a farming accident in 1993 and suffered a C3/C4 spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. We were a young family at the time - I was 13 and had two younger brothers, 10 and 5 years old. Obviously, we had a great deal of adjustment ahead of us.
But one adjustment we never worried about was reliable transportation. Our family’s old minivan was traded in for a new - and cooler! - BraunAbility wheelchair van. That first van and those since have taken us all over town and across the country. My dad never missed one of my cross country meets or my brothers’ high school plays. We never thought twice about packing up the Entervan and heading down to Florida or out to Washington D.C. on vacation. In fact, the more open floor space allowed us to pack even more!
The accessible handicap van even allows Dad to continue managing his farm operation. Never one for a desk job, he’s always headed out the door to survey crops. His Entervan is routinely driven through sandy ground and muddy fields, over combined corn stalks and rocky barn lots - there’s no terrain that holds him back. My parents would both agree that over the past 15 years, their BraunAbility Entervans have been some of their most reliable farm equipment!
I’ve seen firsthand how a quality wheelchair van can greatly impact the lives of an individual with a disability and his or her family. I’m no longer sitting in the backseat during family vacations, but now my children love to go on trips with grandma and grandpa - and I know from experience they’ll have a safe and reliable ride. It’s my privilege to help promote the great products that BraunAbility offers.
Tags: Wheelchair Vans




April 18th, 2009 at 6:01 am
my name is otis moore i’ve been disabled for 17years. my disiblty gave me a wheelchair but i have no way to haul it around. I wouild love to be able to go places with my 11 grandchildren. Last mounth i had another heartatack-stroke. That was in feb.2009. i’ve had several suguerys over the years. when i was 5years old i was shot in my stomach. And when i was 7 years old i was ran over by a tractortrailor and was in a coma for 6 mounths. Also abody cast for 1 year. i’ve had 7 brain sugerys and i have a shunt in my head. Please i need to stop for now because i can’t do this long. i’am not sure if i am sending this to the right one.So if someone sees this and it is not in the right place. would you put it there fore me. ps may GOD bless you. otis moore 141 university dr. Somerset ky. 42503 email adress starr02@windstream.net thank you very much.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Hello Otis,
Thanks for sending us a note. The best place to locate a wheelchair van or lift that would work for you would be your local BraunAbility dealer. You can find them on this page:http://www.braunability.com/find-a-dealer.cfm
Please let us know if we can answer any questions or assist you in any way!
Jack