[Access] brezeway room

[leslie gilbert]

Yes Cindy's right that a sharp incline is okay for many power chairs but not manual ones. > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:39:57 -0800> From: lucindap at comcast.net> To: access at uueugene.org> Subject: Re: [Access] brezeway room> > 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> >> > _______________________________________________> > Access mailing list> > Access at uueugene.org> > http://www.uueugene.org> > http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/listinfo/access> >> >> > > _______________________________________________> Access mailing list> Access at uueugene.org> http://www.uueugene.org> http://www.uueugene.org/mailman/listinfo/access
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