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Wheelchair Users

Wheelchair Users

Wheelchair users will benefit from adding:

  • Ramps
  • Portable ramps
  • Barrier-free showers
  • Residential elevators
  • Patient and vehicle lifts
  • Room-by-room accessibility
  • Porch lifts
  • Inclined platform lifts
  • Vertical platform lifts
  • Automatic door openers

Wheelchair User Assessment

Do you have trouble... Solutions to Consider
Manipulating your chair in your bathroom?
  • Accessible sink and toilet
Using the shower or bathing area?
  • Barrier-free shower or tub
  • Bath lifts
Navigating throughout your home?
  • Elevator
  • Ramps inside and outside of the home
  • Smooth floors
  • Low thresholds
  • Threshold ramps
Traveling outside of your home?
  • Vehicle lifts
  • Crutch holders
  • Armrest pouches
  • Soft and hard backpacks
  • Light kits
Accessing and reaching in the kitchen?
  • Pull-down cabinets
  • Free under-cabinet space
Getting up and down the hallways?
  • Widen hallways
Maneuvering through doorways?
  • Widen doorways
Navigating entryways and outside steps?
  • Porch lifts
  • Vertical platform lifts
Navigating stairways in your home?
  • Stair lifts
  • Inclined platform lifts
Removing or navigating barriers?
  • Automatic door openers
  • Remote lighting
Leaving the house?
  • Outdoor lifts
  • Automatic door openers

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