You could imagine a massive but movable small elevator hovering your house. It is basically made of steel hollow frames, steel plates, square tubular steel strong enough to withstand a weight of up to 750 pounds. It is an innovation highly engineered to safeguard the need of lifting heavy dead weight. Thanks to wheelchair lifts, disabled individuals can now be moved and transported with ease as they greatly eliminate the discomfort of the chair transfer and the difficulties transport individuals in wheelchairs. The mechanism involved in wheelchair is fairly easy to understand. They come in basically two types: electric and hydraulic. There are many different types of electric wheelchair lifts available for people with disabilities to choose from. Among their choices include different models of home stair lifts; automobile lifts as well as wheelchair ramps for vans to aid in transport convenience. Electric home stair wheelchair lifts can be easily installed anywhere inside or outside the house. Imagine having two people involved in a situation; one handicapped, and one behind in charge of the chair's mobility. The latter is set sedentary, unable to do other things. In 1554, wheelchair came about to be used officially during the wedding of King Phillip II of Spain with one of his wives, Mary Tudor, and later Phillip's profile being on a cushioned seat, painted in canvass showed to have been the first monarch in wheelchair. There is a kind of lift that is designed for handicap individual that are not confined to wheelchairs. These lifts are called chair lifts. What they do is help people sit and rise from chairs. They help you get elevated and do the work of standing up for you. These types of lifts can be attached to your favorite sofa or lounge chair. When looking for your wheelchair van or planning to have one modified, it is recommended that you deal solely with a known member of the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association when trying to acquire a wheelchair accessible van. There are general steps that manufacturers follow in converting a regular van into a wheelchair accessible vehicle.