My husband got his power wheelchair while he was still using a walker, but the silly thing is that he had to wait until he could no longer stand on his own before he qualified for his van. We asked them how he was suppose to transport his power wheelchair, say to the mall with out a van, but that seemed a bit too difficult for them to figure out. So got his PWC March/12 and his mobility van at the end of April/13, but he was progressing quite quickly. He has had several upgrades to his wheelchair since then, and is now waiting for a head array, but unfortunately they can't get the parts until mid April. I was able to be talked through attaching a microswitch to his chair so that he just has to push a button, very lightly, to change which part of the chair he wanted to move, or to change back into go mode. I have so far done alterations on this chair 3 times, and figure I am just about ready to be one of their techs.
… As we say "we have moved from heaven to Houston" 
