Birth defects, resulting in missing limbs, have created accessibility barriers for the majority of Azima’s life, but her well connected Host mother, Harriet Behm, has worked tirelessly to change that. The community has been gracious enough to donate a motorized chair, a transport chair, a customized bicycle and now her very own Levant® Stair Lift provided by ThyssenKrupp Access and local accessibility distributor, Liberty Construction.

“This is the first time Azima has ever been upstairs with her prosthesis on, and it was amazing,” Behm said. “Now she won’t have to put them on and off behind closed doors in the computer room downstairs, she will have the privacy of her own room!”

The Levant features an ergonomically designed seat, which makes for a smooth and comfortable ride. When folded up the seat takes up very little space, so the stairs are free for other users. Lastly, the easy to use joystick operation and long lasting battery will ensure that Azima is able to always fully operate her stair lift, even in power outages.

“We are pleased to play a role in Azima’s adaption to her new community,” Jay Dickens, ThyssenKrupp Access Vice President of Sales and Marketing, said. “Her new Levant stair lift allows her to enjoy greater independence. That’s important to anyone, but especially to a teenager.”

Thanks to ThyssenKrupp Access for donating the product and to Liberty Construction for donating the time and resources to install the lift. Because of businesses like you, Azima will be able to experience the one thing America is best known for – freedom.

Azima Zaidi, 14, left her home country of Pakistan to take part in a student exchange program with a Host family in western Oregon. She dreamt that America would be a place where anything was possible – and so far, it has been.