Tight Spaces - VA Health care Manual Wheelchair Manual Handbook

Tight spaces

 Helpful Hints
Take off your footrests. This makes the wheelchair shorter so it takes less space.
Even taking off one footrest and crossing that foot over the other will help (take
off the footrest in the direction towards which you want to turn).
Back in -- then you will have more maneuverability inside.
To turn into a doorway from a narrow hallway, try going past the door and
backing in.
Getting into a car - Take off the footrest closest to the car -- this will let you to get
closer.
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