First Wheelchair

Does anyone know if a Boeing 747 upper deck first class seating have facilities for a passenger wheelchair bond or with limited Mobility?is it like smaller regional airplanes that don't allow wheelchair passengers?
The Airlines being used will be United Airlines,Air New Zea land & Air France

Passengers must be able to walk from the aircraft door to their seat. Totally incapacitated passengers are not allowed on board for safety reasons. This was changed some years ago.

Regards,
Dan

2008-09-23 09:09:23 by PumpkinPie4U

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When did elevators, buses, railway cars and all that stuff for physically handicapped people appear in your country? Is the construction of ramps or stair railings a subject to law? I'm from Russia, people back here have used to neglect this problem competely. I need your answers to start the struggle for human rights of physically handicapped Russians.

The big push for wheelchair ramps and other accommodations for the handicapped came after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. With the passage of this act, businesses which provide service to the public were required to make their businesses accessible to those with the public.

Violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights violation, and most businesses take it seriously.

2007-04-13 04:05:07 by mayhawke23

that not the answer I am looking for
Plus below knee amputee play and don't use wheelchair everyday

you have to a in a wheel chair in real life you can not just be in one to play/'/

2007-03-13 17:08:07 by jobees

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There have been many attempts to connect furniture to wheels, dating back to 530 bc when the Greeks placed wheels on a bed, creating the first known wheeled furniture. By 525 ad, the Chinese had placed wheels on chairs. However the first recognisable wheelchair was invented for King Phillip II of Spain. A drawing of the King dated 1595 shows him in a chair with wheels, armrests and footrests. However, it was not self propelled, and perhaps had a closer resemblance to a highchair than a wheelchair of today.


The modern wheelchair began to take shape in the late 19th century to early 20th century with the advent of push rims for self-propulsion in 1881, and wire spoked wheels replacing wooden ones in 1900.

The 20th century saw a rapid development in wheelchairs, from the first motorised wheels in 1918, to the first folding wheelchair, built in 1933 by Herbert B. Everest, paralysed in 1919 in a mining accident, and his friend Harry C. Jennings Sr., a mechanical engineer. By the mid 1970s Errol Markheim at Sopur in Germany, Jeff Minnebraker at Quadra in California, and Rainier Kuschall in Europe, had all created lightweight, aluminum, highly-adjustable chairs.

The most recent two decades have seen the progress in the modern wheelchair accelerate. They are lighter and perform better than ever before. There are now many possibilities available to improve the ride, from suspension systems which help to remove vibrations and jolts, to ultra-light weight frames which enable better performance, to special designs for every individualised need and taste.

2007-09-10 05:48:04 by gemstone

My good friend wants to travel to Egypt and see the paramids... I would like to take him there but I don't know how accessible that would be for an electric wheelchair?

I would also like to know if there are other nice places to take someone on vacation who uses a wheel chair? Money is not really a problem. Can someone give us some ideas? My friend has only been paralyzed for a 2 yrs and this would be a first vacation we would take together...

Thank you!

http://www.makoa.org/travel.htm

2008-02-04 21:29:05 by sweetheart