The cross slope (2% maximum) must be minimized because it makes wheelchair travel difficult by distributing more weight and required force to one side and causing front casters to veer....
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Cross Slope and Surfaces [4.8.6]
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Clear Floor Space [4.25.2] and Height [4.25.3]
However, since people who use wheelchairs may not be able to reach beyond the toes, a forward reach is generally limited to those storage elements providing knee and toe clearances....
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Van Spaces
Vans with lifts are popular among people who use wheelchairs because they can eliminate the need to transfer from mobility aids....
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Meeting Room Layouts and Considerations
Those who use mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, crutches, and braces, require more space to move around....
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III-3.3000 Equality in participation/benefits
ILLUSTRATION 2: An individual who uses a wheelchair may not be excluded from an exercise class at a health club because he or she cannot do all of the exercises and derive the same result...
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Locating Controls & Devices: Percent of People Who Can Reach the Matrix Cell Indicated While Holding No Weight - Side Approach Scooter
sideways reach direction for a given (a) height from the floor (shown the vertical axis) and (b) offset distance (shown on the horizontal axis) from the lateral-most point of the person or wheelchair...
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Examples of access:
A wheelchair user can roll onto the scale platform. A patient with poor balance can walk onto the scale or get weighed sitting in a chair....
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11B-502.3 Access aisle
In parking facilities where the accessible route must cross vehicular traffic lanes, marked crossings enhance pedestrian safety, particularly for people using wheelchairs and other mobility...
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Healthcare Stories - Jim LeBrecht
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Renewing the Commitment: An ADA Compliance Guide for Nonprofits
Those who have disabilities include people of all races, ethnic backgrounds, religious beliefs, ages and sexual orientations....
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Paraquad
Full diversity within the organization, our programs and society at large in terms of disability, race, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation and religion...
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11B-206.3 Location
Elements such as ramps, elevators, or other circulation devices, fare vending or other ticketing areas, and fare collection areas shall be placed to minimize the distance which wheelchair...
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11B-216.12 Amusement rides
Amusement rides designed primarily for children, amusement rides that are controlled or operated by the rider, and amusement rides without seats, are not required to provide wheelchair spaces...
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11B-405.7.5 Doorways
Where a door swings onto a ramp landing width, additional ramp landing length as specified may be necessary to accommodate a clear level area for the wheelchair user to clear the door swing...
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Section 35.137 Mobility Devices (Section-by-Section Analysis)
Indeed, there has been litigation about whether the ADA requires covered entities to allow people with disabilities to use their EPAMDs like users of traditional wheelchairs. ...
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Overview
Thus, the final recommendations focused on the mammography device’s interaction with wheelchairs....
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Expert opinion on the current knowledge
None of the research identified described how well individuals are able to overcome physical barriers in between the wheelchair and target surfaces. ...
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3.2 Getting on the Table
Holly uses a wheelchair. For quite a while she had been looking for a physician with a exam table that lowers to 17- 20 inches from the floor. ...
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Attachment H
inches for a forward approach or 54 inches for a side approach and that is accompanied by clear floor space of 30 by 48 inches that allows a forward or parallel approach by a person using a wheelchair...
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11B-410.1 General
Because an accessible route requires an 80 inch (2030 mm) vertical clearance, care should be taken in selecting lifts as they may not be equally suitable for use by people using wheelchairs...
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11B-410.8 Restriction sign
For lifts with a signed installation contract before May 1, 2008: CCR, Title 8, Section 3094 provides safety regulations for Vertical Platform (Wheelchair) Lifts. ...
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304 Turning Space
They argued that wheelchairs and other mobility devices are becoming larger and that more individuals with disabilities are using electric three and four-wheeled scooters which cannot utilize...
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Background
Healthcare practitioners find breast-imaging challenging when patients must remain seated in mobility devices such as wheelchairs or scooters for the procedure....
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Does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) apply to the Forest Service?
This section reaffirms that the 1964 Wilderness Act doesn't prohibit the use of wheelchairs and also that agencies aren't required to change the character of wilderness areas in order to...
