In order to provide autonomous movement for a person affected by paraplegia there is provided a mobile lifting device. The device includes a wheeled base with a post extending from the base. The base includes a plurality of substantially equally spaced apart legs extending radially from the post. The post movably supports a head for upwards and downwards movement, and the head has a lifting arm arrangement attached to it. The head is rotatable about the post for transfer of a disabled person onto and from a wheelchair. The post is located substantially at a centre of the base to provide stability as the arm arrangement on the head is rotated about the post while supporting the disabled person. The device is configured for operation, to move the head upward and downward on the post and to rotate the head about the post by the disabled person using the device and for movement with a wheelchair by the disabled person using the wheelchair.
