Wheelchair Services - Transfers and Transfer Equipment, Part 1 Transfers and Transfer Equipment, Part 1 Many quadriplegics and some paraplegics need some type of assistance in making transfers.
Assistance is needed in some cases due to the nature of the disability.
In other cases, especially among paraplegics, it may be due to age, lack of exercise or the rotator cuff wears out or damage occurs. The body was designed to be moved about by the use of your legs. Many people will tell you the smart thing to do is purchase a new van, drop the floor, raise the roof and put in an E-Z lock and drive from your wheelchair. Of course all it takes is you wanting to drive a van and money. Making major modifications to a van can cost as much as the van itself.