Caregiving: wheelchair accessible van

     Patti and I finally took that quantum leap along the assistive technology timeline last night. Patti “rolled” into our Dodge Grand Caravan ES with IMS RampVan conversion.   

     I feel like I’m watching science fiction. With a push of a button the van kneels, door slides open, and the power folding ramp extends like a giant mechanical bird’s wing while lowering to form a ramp.

     Pictured below are the 'cave drawings' of the primitive but easily affordable technology we have been using. A transfer board, my strength, and the physics of an incline.