Attaching wheelchair and seat belt in modified car

Modifications that make it safe for a person with disabilities to drive while seated in a manual wheelchair
Mounting plate
Mounting plate

The car has a mounting plate that can be raised under the wheelchair by pushing a button and locked into a tube that sits on the chair.  An extra backrest and headrest sit behind the driver’s seat that can be turned inward with a touch of the button behind the user, when she is sitting in place. The control buttons for attaching and for the extra backrest and headrest are located on the car’s left side panel, see related tip.
The seat belt is always buckled and suspended so that the user only needs to slide in under it and it sits appropriately.

Made by
Hedemora Anpassning (modifications) which today is part of Star Mobility, starmobility.se/internationell (last checked August 2020).

Paid for by
Swedish Social Insurance Agency

Mounting plate hooks into wheelchair
Mounting plate hooks into wheelchair
Tube under wheelchair seat for the mounting plate in the car
Tube under wheelchair seat for the mounting plate in the car
Seat belt
Seat belt
Extra backrest and headrest
Extra backrest and headrest

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Author: Yasmin

Yasmin bor i en lägenhet. Hon arbetar deltid. 1999 skadade hon sig och har en C-5 skada. Hon har fått opererat armsträckare i båda armarna, knipfunktion i vänster tumme samt pronation i båda underarmarna. Tipsen innan 2008 har hon inte gjort någon handkirurgi. Hon har 24 timmar personlig assistans, varav 7 timmar jour.
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Type of disability

High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

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