Quadriplegic transfers in and out of two-door BMW with TiLite ZR

[monkeyboy8me]

is that a frozen grey M3 Holy smokes

[36Studebaker]

btw, i have a clip on my yt page which shows me getting out of my '68 cutlass when i dropped by my bud's place... i couldn't easily deal with popping wheels off my 'chair and then bringing the frame over to passenger seat thus i've always used a folding 'quickie 2' and stow it behind my car seat, in the rear...it does require a 2 door coupe and wreaks hell on the interior [tears up rear seat and front seatback, plus scratches door sills/quarters] but that's a compromise i chose to live with...

[36Studebaker]

as any quad who's been one for a few years [i'm a c5-7 since '90] knows, even same level quads have very different abilities/levels of function..the guy on this clip is definitely a quad - just going by the forearm muscle atrophy..yet he has more ability than me in hand dexterity [i need both hands to open car door] and trunk balance..i can't bend down/sideways as he does to pick up wheels/chair frame without falling facefirst on pavement..good clip for those who have his level of function...

[jegz55]

wait..what.. AH SHIT, left my keys in the house!

[STPrider]

any injury c7 and up classifies you as a quadriplegic. I'm a c7 and was to have most of my hand function to the point where you can barely tell unless u really looked, as well as some of my abs.

[dx508]

pretty sure a quadriplegic means paralyzed in both legs AND both arms.....

[thedonofthesouth]

Nice vid

[GGRSC]

well shit that's a nice car

[jorgemrjesus]

Just one question, how do you go of the position laid in the bed for seated.

[36Studebaker]

@jorgemrjesus look closely, he activates a power seat/seat back and it looks like it has a memory setting...it slowly goes forward and up then stops...and vice-versa when he's transferring out.. the bad thing about any p/options - if your battery's weak, you might not have enough juice to start the car..or if it's dead you can't move seat anymore..i prefer old cars with no power options...i even have manual [no p/s] steering in my '36 stude and '60 fairlane kustom but it's tough when parking..

[jorgemrjesus]

man great job for a quad, I'm a quad been trying to do that, i' ll get there to, hope in the near future

[johnmc1982]

nice car, yep he's probably a C7

[jamiewm3]

I agree with odogrollin, the guys a quad and it does take one to know one and I'm also one.

[The391956]

@jamiewm3

what is the difference between a paraplegic and a quadriplegic since

this quadriplegic acts like a paraplegic with a manual wheelchair

instead of a power wheelchair which most quadriplegics are in.

that car had no handcontrols on it, maybe it was just a show to

show he can make transfurs with his manual wheelchair but a

quadriplegic driving without handcontrols would be hard to do

for a low level quadriplegic or paraplegic without any use of the

feet to control brake and gas.

[casperbernie]

@The391956 A quad is a person with impairment in all four limbs and a para has only impairment in his lower limbs. The guy has limited hand and arm function, so he's a quad. A quad is a person with spinal cord damage to the C1 to C7 on the spinal column. A C1 injury has no function from the neck down and relies on a ventilator to breath whereas a C7 injury retains most of the arm function with a little movement in the hands. C5 to T1 are the nerves involved with arm function.

[odogrollin]

no he is a quad. takes one to know one and i am one.

[ICULearner]

This man is actually a paraplegic.