Wheelchair Accessible Ramp

Price range: $2000-$4500
Van: That can have a manual door ramp for a wheelchair to roll in.

Which makes can have this? Sienna?Odyssey?Dodge Caravans?

What year would the price range match. What would be a rip off?

Looking to buy a van, my bro is on a wheelchair and wondering what to look for. Thanks car experts.
krazybob, there are cab vans that have the manual wheelchair ramp, would be cheaper than a lift... there is headroom.. but most likely not on all vans

You will need a full sized half ton or heavier van - the the compact minivans will not have enough headroom to get a person in a wheel chair in and out of the van while they are in the wheel chair. Most will have a power lift, not a ramp because of the hazards of getting someone in or out when it is raining or snowing.

2009-02-08 14:21:34 by LOVE LIFE LOVE LIFE LOVE LIFE

Look at several poorly designed wheelchair ramps and hear users' responses. Focus on usability and safety. From www.WheelchairRamp.org Visit ...

I need help building a ramp and widening doorways and I can't afford a carpender to do it. I'm looking for help in the Orlando FL area.

Contact your local Kiwanis Club. I know for a FACT that they build wheelchair ramps. They might be able to connect you to a contractor (because that's what you need...not just a carpenter) willing to donate the work. www.kiwanis.org

2009-08-21 12:18:02 by beehappy01

The ROLLUP offers a full-width driving surface that is lightweight and durable.
Designed to bridge the gap over steps, curbs and raised landings.
The ROLLUPTM Ramp by EZ-Access is designed for scooters and wheelchairs of all types.

I would like to get information on handicap accessible vans. I am planning a trip to Puerto Rico and my son has cerebral palsy and we are in need of renting a van that has a wheel chair ramp and restrains. Any information you can provide will be helpful.

Thanks

Manuel Lopez

I live in PR and I personally don't know a place that offers that but go to SuperPagesPR.com is like the yellow pages but for Puerto Rico. I enter the word wheelchair and got two results:

Wheelchair Transportation and Tours
&
Wheel Chair Shop

http://www.superpagespr.com/search?lang= es&tid=NEW_SEARCH&rank=&zoom =&terms=Wheelchair

Hope this helps!

2009-12-25 07:18:33 by M&V

Specifically, do hotels, restaurants, and attractions have ramps or elevators, and do sidewalks have cut-outs? How easy is it for a person in a wheelchair to get around town? I welcome any other thoughts and any websites or guidebooks that might be of assistance to me.

Thanks.

you will be very restricted as to what you can do in france and italy if you are in a wheel chair. most of the attractions are very, very old and have only small staircases. there are alot or stairs, especially in italy but im sure that you could have a good vacation still, just a very restricted one. will even be restriced to which hotels you will be able to stay in( not so bad in realy touristy places in these countries) and the restaurents that you can eat in. some of the churches have steps even to get in and out of the main doors but some of them don't and you jsut wouldnt be able to go up the chapel. transportation could also be difficult because of the very crowded streets, walkways and trains. they are making some of the busses wheelchair accessable now so and some of the more modern attractions most likely have access as well. when i was over there i was not checkin for wheelchair accesability, but from what i can remember, there are a lot of stairs and travelling around can be difficult. i don't want to scare you out of going because it is very possible that i just missed some of the ramps and such. im sorry that i can not be of much help with suggestions but i just dont know what its like to be in a wheel chair. i have taken advantage of being able to walk so i dont know what you can and cannot do but best of luck to you and i hope that you can still really enjoy your holiday!

2007-03-25 13:23:46 by bjf_cool

A co-worker is holding a workshop in which they are presenting many different things related to accessible housing for people with disabilities. As a last minute thought, they wanted to add some ballpark figures for what it might cost a person to add certain accessibility-related renovations/ modifications to their home.

I am looking for contractors (in Canadian $$$ - Manitoba especially) who might be able to offer *really* rough estimate to these renovations. These estimates are just to give workshop participants an idea of what they might be getting into financially:

- the upper and lower cost of a wheelchair accessible ramp built up to the front entrance of a home four standard steps up, labour and materials in.

- the lower to upper cost of widing a standard 32" to a wheelchair accessible 36" door in a home

- the cost of lowering counters in a standard (~200 sq f) kitchen, dropped counters, no cupboards

- anything else you might have worked on?
I TOTALLY understand that it is nearly impossible ot give any kind of accurate estimate because prices vary by region and design, etc., etc.,. I'm more looking for a baseline and any feedback a contractor or jack-of-all trades might have would be greatly appreciated.

No offense a lot of detail to go through, and I assume the Canadian Dollar and costs are similar to the US. In the US, and perhaps Canada there are guidelines that dictate door openings, ramp grades, counter top levels, etc.

Even a most simple ramp could cost $400, in a charitable sense. I built one for my Mother for just under that cost. That was to purchase material and pay my cousin something, as we built the ramp in the dark, using vehicle headlights.

In a "Ballpark" sense, just to HANG a door should be fair at $75. To expand the structure surrounding an expanded door size, safely stabilizing it, and purchasing the proper door size, could cost $500 plus with finishing, each door. In some logic, one should assume that some DOORS might be eliminated. DOORS for the disabled, most especially in wheelchairs, are often as much a barrier and should open AWAY from them, unless the level they happen to on, in an some sense, allows room to back up, then move forward. Interior doors pose a problem in hanging, to allow access to a room, with a wheelchair perhaps, getting out of the chair, closing the door, and would more relate to bathrooms, in which case a door opening OUT would be more appropriate, certainly depending on the size and logistics of the room.

Lowering counters might be the least of any labor or cost issues, other than the fact that cabinets and drawers might exist, and have to be removed. That would be a consideration in a labor fee, as well as manipulating plumbing and electrical outlets. To deny that cupboards, LOW/ELEVATED storage space should be considered, denies the disabled a more realistic method of conducting what they might want as a more normal life.

The cost to do so, could be time and materials?

I do have a suggestion that has nothing to do with a profit motive.

I suggest you contact agencies that deal with issues related to Modifications for the disabled, and perhaps even more, you bring some disabled into your program, in their notions of NEED.

I was married to a woman, who has disabilities and they evolve as she ages. I have worked with the disabled, privately and through agencies, having to use very specific guidelines as well as personal desires of those clients.

I have seen, for example, TUB/Shower/Toilet BARS assumed to be viable, yet weren't. I installed Pull up bars for an elderly man, who found them useless, even in the directives suggested, as he lacked the strength to Pull himself out of his wheel chair.

No offense, but I suspect no one can ballpark, or exactly define cost to a consumer, until they specifically know the needs, and lack of abilities of that consumer in a one by one basis.

Steven Wolf
Just my two "sense"

2008-05-27 09:17:04 by venusenvy_0