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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer
What height are we talking about here and what disability would prevent someone from using them? I don't think I can remember using a light switch higher than 3-4ft, not high enough for someone in a wheelchair to have a problem with. Is there some weird standard where they install them at face height or something  |
These are the standard, rigid frame, wheelchairs that we use. Those, like me, who use power-chairs are a bit higher, but not much.
http://www.colourswheelchair.com/idx_products.htm
Basically, people need to comply with the ADA, and they do not.
I cannot begin to list how many new companies, or companies that have changed hands, have come into being in my town since the ADA has been in force that are non-compliant. It is just a lack of consideration/caring, they just don't want our business.
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Complying with the ADA is easy, get a damn wheelchair (full sized with feet out a pack on the back, many have ventilators)and do what you need to do to do to make it easy to do everything that an able bodied person does in that space, including the bathrooms... if you do that,
then you are compliant. Duh.