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Wheelchairs On The Go: Accessible Fun in Florida
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This video shows the modifications made during the construction of my home to make it wheelchair accessible.
Making Homes Wheelchair Accessible For The Elderly
According to Census Bureau projections, the number of Americans over the age of 65 will increase steadily over the next decade, reaching nearly 45 million. When polled, the overwhelming majority of people say that they would prefer to stay in their current home for the duration of their life, not move into a retirement or assisted living facility. As elderly people are more likely to be confined to wheelchairs, making homes wheelchair accessible should be a design consideration when building or purchasing a home.
For custom built houses, be sure to include wheelchair accessible construction in your plan. Although you may not need it now, planning for it by making slight alterations is a small price to pay. Basically, the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines adopted in 1988 require: (1) doorways wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair; (2) no steps to this entrance; (3) accessible hall ways throughout the home; (4) switches and fixtures low enough to be reached from a wheelchair; (5) reinforced bathroom walls that allow installation of grab bars, and (6) kitchen and bathrooms built for wheelchair accessibility.
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California Science Center Opens New Ecosystems ExperiencePR Newswire (press release) - Mar 09, 2010
Both the Science Center and IMAX Theater are wheelchair accessible. For further information, please visit our website at www.californiasciencecenter.org.and more »OCRegister - Mar 06, 2010
Housing crash claims foster parents' homeIt had to be wheelchair accessible, all on one floor, with separate quarters for their caregivers. Putting their two houses up for sale, they took on debt, and more »StarNewsOnline.com - Mar 07, 2010
Imagine not only having to find a space, but a van-accessible space with an 8-foot-wide access aisle to allow for ample wheelchair navigation.Virginia Connection Newspapers - Mar 05, 2010
However, he said the real expense would be installing the swing, which is heavy and large enough to accommodate a wheelchair.Huffington Post (blog) - Feb 24, 2010
An Iraq War veteran who lost his legs in an explosion is getting a custom-built, wheelchair accessible house for free, thanks to the Taunton, Mass. charityABC News - Feb 18, 2010
The procedure has always been the same -- he uses a cane to board the bus first, using the handicap-accessible ramp. Then the driver loads his motorized and more »Northern News Services (subscription) - Mar 02, 2010
Access from Franklin Avenue to the upper level of the mall for people in wheelchairs and parents with strollers has been near impossible since construction and more »
Central Brass Grid Drain Wheelchair Accessible NEW