[Access] brezeway room

[Lucinda Pitcairn]

Hi Mary,

A short steep ramp leading to a threshhold would be harder for a manual 
chair, I think, because of the arm power needed to get up the ramp.
On the other hand, a  threshhold  1" high or more would be hard for a 
power chair to cross (mine can't get into the church office, for 
example) whereas a manual chair, being lighter and easier to tilt, might 
be able to make it.

I'm not an expert on these matters, however, and note that some power 
chairs are more rugged than others and some manuals are lighter and more 
flexible than others. And, of course, the chair occupant can vary in 
strength.  (Aren't you glad you asked? ;-) )  Cindy



Mary Otten wrote:
> Hi cindy,
> For my own education, what would make something inaccessible to a
> manual chair but accesible to a  power chair? My intuition would have
> been that something might be accessible to a manual but not a power,
> because of the size of the later. Maybe power chairs can manage
> threshholds that would be hard for somebody using a manual chair?
> Educate the ignorant, if you would, please.
>
> mary
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