Mobility Lifts
Problems concerning wheelchair lifts
We have a problem regarding a wheelchair lift that was recently installed in an academic building. It is key operated, which our maintenance staff informs me is dictated by the national elevator code. Dover Elevator Co. sent the following statement: “Wheelchair lifts are not meant to be a public conveyance. To limit its use to [...]
Choice of wheelchair lifts
Lots of people are inconvenienced by not being able to find suitable parking for their needs. Blue spots solve that problem for a small number of people (perhaps a third of all handicapped people), at the cost of making the problem slightly worse for everyone else. Let me say again, if Iran a bank, supermarket, [...]
Accessibility of wheelchair lifts
I’m not really following this thread because I’m not a subscriber to DSSHE, but I do have a few suggestions about wheelchair lifts. Lifts are inherently poor mobility devices for public locations. They require assistance for some individuals. They are unreliable. They wear out. Elevators or ramps are a much better long term investment in [...]
Assistance by wheelchair lifts
So devoid of any actual knowledge of whether the benefits outweigh the costs, you insert into your hypothetical example the assumption that this organization (NAP) has exaggerated and lied to their customers, and that their customers are too lazy and stupid to do their own research into the costs and benefits of their own business [...]
Wheelchair Lifts
Supermarket Trollys and Wheel Chairs
A woman said to me tonight “It’s like the bloody Krypton Factor” as she tried to retrieve her 1 pound coin from the supermarket trolley. I nodded in agreement. The reason we pay a pound deposit for our supermarket trolley is to stop people running off with them. Mindless vandals would I guess be reluctant [...]
Beckhams help by donating wheel chairs
David and Victoria Beckham have donated £35,000 to buy wheelchairs for eight young people. The couple were apparently moved to help after receiving a letter from the Action For Kids Charitable Trust. Nicki Yates from the Trust, which supports youngsters with physical and mental disabilities, told the Beckhams it has a long list of families [...]
Vacation ideas for people in wheel chairs
I just returned from a vacation in Walt Disney World and was impressed by their committment to provide services to people with disabilities, especially those in wheelchairs. Guests in wheelchairs and their families are allowed to enter the front of the line, and every ride and attraction was wheelchair-accessible. On some rides, the Cast Members [...]
Wheel chairs in sikh temples
My nephew was involved in an automobile accident two years ago and is now paralyzed from the waist down. He was only 18 years old when he was hurt. He now lives an active lifestyle and is looking forward to traveling to india (punjab) to visit various sikh shrines and relatives. Last week he informed [...]
Personnel Lifts
Wheelchair lifts for the disabled people
MUNI is also, however, notoriously incompetent, and has had a lamentable history of not being responsive to its ridership. For example, some of the buses have a ‘kneeling’ function and wheelchair lifts, but in the past it’s not been unusual for drivers to pass by passengers who looked as if they might need these, because [...]
Various designs for wheelchair lifts
Although the basic design of the RTS bus has remained virtually unchanged since 1977, there are a number of physical differences that can “tip off” an observer to the “series type” and ultimately the age of the bus. Most of these “tips” hold true for models that are “as delivered”. Some systems (including the MBTA) [...]
Wheelchair lifts spirits of veteran
Because of problems with his hearing, 81-year-old Ned Julian had a difficult time communicating with two former Marines who presented him with a motorized wheelchair yesterday at the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park. However, Julian’s tear-filled eyes spoke clearly of his emotions, as he hugged Ron Abline and John Mandato of the [...]
Tipping wheelchair asssitants at airports
I’d like to share an experience I had a few years ago. It pleasantly amazed me. My husband took me to Amsterdam to visit his family. We flew KLM/Northwest and they were really wonderful. But the surprise happened when we reached Schiphol, the Dutch airport. Now mind you I must use a wheelchair and I [...]
