… earlier to raise our two kids. We agreed that she was more suited to a full time job and I would be Mr. mom/freelance worker. I tried my hand at my own business building home access ramps for the handicap. My wife is in a wheelchair and was an eager model for my advertising. I worked my ass off …
… of my house. So we decided to put in a concrete ramp to replace the wooden ramp. Let’s start with a few basics about ramp building. A straight short run ramp that rises 30″ or less should be a minimum of 36″ wide. No single run of a ramp can rise more than 30″. If it rises more than 30″ there must …
… for a 7:45 arrival. That time is too early as the building would be locked and I had no way in. We went down to talk to the transport guy, who’d arrived ten minutes early, and told him that it was too early, he nodded and loaded me in. Before the door closed I said, ‘I’m worried about getting …
… on the Yale University Old Campus, which may be entered via Phelps Gate, on College Street between Elm and Chapel Streets. Dwight Hall is directly across the courtyard from Phelps Gate and our offices are in the wing of the building that features an accessible wheelchair ramp entrance. If you need …
… Chuckles Harry Morgan! The Port Charles Airport was quiet. There weren’t many people there that late on a Friday night to see the two men and the boy in the wheelchair move through the terminal and out the door. Johnny was standing next to the limo waiting for his boss. His eyes widened when he saw the kid …
… are outside a hotel or store, just watch as 90 per cent of able-bodied people use a wheelchair ramp instead of stairs to get into the building. It’s simply easier and you never hear of someone falling up or down a ramp. It just shows you how important accessibility is for everyone, not just the disabled …
… the road for the bus. The rain–when it had actually been raining earlier–had turned the street into the mirror. “Bus is late,” the man smiled. “Twelve minutes.” I wasn’t sure, hadn’t ridden the 8 for some time. Two men, one pushing a wheelchair and the other being pushed in the wheelchair showed …
With the completion of the new addition to the west side of the building, Grace is now fully wheelchair accessible to all three levels of the church. The addition included a newly graded ramp directly from our parking lot leading to the west entrance. Powered doors open at the touch of a button …
… the first order of business was to install an entrance ramp. After that, we built one leading to the backyard and a short ramp to help him negotiate two small steps inside the house.” His article gives tips for building ramps that are wheelchair friendly, including such things as steepness, width …
Blind Justice? Or is she peeking? The Crippled Of Greenwich Are Denied Justice By Judge Taggart And The YMCA YMCA wins access case A state Superior Court judge Wednesday denied a Greenwich man’s request for an injunction to force the Greenwich Family YMCA to build a temporary ramp for wheelchair …
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