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September 29, 2014 By
Working to bring access for all people...
This month’s ‘Ramp to Nowhere’
The above photo was taken on the Atlantic seaboard. The street sign indicated ocean access and wheelchair accessibility. A wheelchair ramp wrapped around a gift shop and ended in the sand approximately 200 yards from the water.
This photo is from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. When we asked if there was a wheelchair accessible trail to this popular geothermic area of the park, we were told that there was a trail that park employees used to access the site which was shorter but steeper than the regular visitor pathway – not recommended for wheelchairs. My husband […]
This is a photo of the U.S. Post Office in Klamath Falls, Oregon. When I and my son, who is in a wheelchair, attempted to access the building, we discovered that while the ramp started out with a gradual ascent the slope became increasingly steep at the top where it intersected with the stoop. At the stoop, we discovered that […]