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    Importance Of Wheelchair Ramps

    A wheelchair is a very necessary mobility device for a disabled person. It helps paralyzed people lead a confident and independent life because it allows them to move freely without the aid of others. Handicapped people on wheelchairs can still perform everyday household chores and could even go outside of the house to visit other places. It is during these instances when a person in a wheelchair requirements to move around or board a vehicle that wheelchair ramps become very helpful.

    Wheelchair ramps are constructed to provide an inclined platform surface that serve as a roadway for disabled people on wheelchairs. Once the disabled person is on the inclined platform, that person would only need to propel the wheelchair along the ramp to go to the other level. The use of wheelchair ramps can be very useful to a disabled person because this gets rid of the need to manually carrying the wheelchair onto a higher surface or down to a lower level, which can be very hard oftentimes.

    Wheelchair ramps come in dissimilar width and length and it's very crucial to locate a ramp that can contain the size of the wheelchair. Wheelchair ramps are very easy to install and fold and can also be customized with built-in steps for optimum security when it's mounted or dismounted. As an added feature, wheelchair ramps can also be joined to the side door of a vehicle for getting inside. This is a very cheap alternative for installing a hydraulic wheelchair lift.

    Knowing the right width and length of the wheelchair ramp is very vital and following the guidelines set by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) can be very helpful.

    The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) recommends that at least 1 foot of ramp length is used per 1 inch of vertical clearance. This measurement is actually based on an actual test where a person on a wheelchair was able to easily propel up the wheelchair ramp. In case you're using a power chair or an electric scooter or if a reasonably strong nurse or caregiver will propel you up the ramp, the wheelchair ramp can be a little shorter.

    The ADA has fundamental recommendations on how to determine the correct length of a wheelchair ramp, which would also depend on the type of wheelchair to be used. It is best to learn about these recommendations to obtain a fairly wonderful idea of right construction of a wheelchair ramp.

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