I have been invited to a family event, but the houses not wheelchair accessible. The person hosting the party has offered to rent or build a ramp, but I am wondering if it would be simpler and easier and safer to use a standard nonpowered wheelchair.
There are three or four concrete steps leading up to the front door. While I was in rehab, I watched them train individuals bring a person in a wheelchair up a flight of steps by themselves. At this event, there will be at least a half a dozen man who could lend a hand. Have you ever used a standard wheelchair to get into a non-accessible house? My power wheelchair weighs about 600 pounds with me in it, and I just wonder if it would be easier to simply let relatives push me around for the day. Thanks so much, Dave Krehbiel
