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11-7-04
Relocation tips for families with special needs
North Texas e-News - Texas,USA
Look for ramping entrances, wide doorways, low counters, lever or loop-style grab bars and a tub seat in the bathrooms, hardware on doors and drawers and ...

Poll access limited for disabled
Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA
Wheelchair wheels get caught on the hose," she wrote in the survey. ... officials could make most polling places more accessible simply by renting portable ramps. ...

11-10-04
Agencies join to fill gaps left by center's closing
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Afterward a handyman, many of whom are volunteers, will return to the home and make minor repairs or add grab bars, railings, grip mats or ramps. ...

11-14-04
Area briefs
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
accessible to the disabled. Kuykendall, a carpenter, builds wheelchair accessible ramps for buildings in Douglas and Jefferson counties. ...

11-16-04
Christian army spreads across Robeson to help those in need
The Robesonian - Lumberton,NC,USA
Pauls. Leggett, who has built more than 250 wheelchair ramps while working with the Robeson County Church and Community Center, said giving is always in style. ...

11-17-04
Money, not miracle, is key to field
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
Carlson said every aspect of the field has been designed with special-needs children in mind: larger restrooms with grab bars, lower drinking fountains with ...

11-22-04
Mapleton unveils park for special needs children
Provo Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
includes several features that will make it user-friendly to children who are wheelchair-bound or ... There are also several ramps wide enough for wheelchairs. ...

11-23-04
Accessibility Services
NetXNews - Orem,UT,USA
all remarked that there was one thing that made UVSC more wheelchair accessible than ... Even with a grounds crew to make sure sidewalks, stairs and ramps are safe ...

11-24-04
Organization Helps Build Homes for Disabled Vets
New York Jewish Times - New York,NY,USA
"Making the home functional for him was a big thing, because you can't get a wheelchair into an ordinary-sized door. Then we had to have some ramps prepared so ...

Thanks to her, the world changed
USA Today - McLean,VA,USA
When I first met Sharon, she was in a wheelchair mopping a floor -- something I didn't ... for me and all baby boomers, we will all be using those ramps much more ...

11-25-04
Larry Miller's Theaters Set New Standards
KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Steve Mikita: "And merely because I'm in a wheelchair doesn't make me any ... Miller's brainstorm was to bring the entry ramps in at the mid-level, instead ...

11-26-04
Nursing home fix could backfire
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
their homes. We'll oversee their medications, install wheelchair ramps, get them to the doctor, even clean their house. When they ...

11-28-04
Mom needs help with autistic child Video monitor will safeguard ...
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
of its grants for basic needs such as move-in costs and housing and sometimes paying for necessities such as transportation to work, wheelchair ramps and even ...

Communities open hearts to hurt vets
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
ramps, wide doorways, lifts, lower kitchen countertops, modified bathroom facilities and other features to make things accessible for a person in a wheelchair. ...

11-29-04
Cruel irony -- Gehrig's disease expert stricken
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
of the practical details, how this affects your life at home and in the community," he said, noting he wasted no time adding the wheelchair ramps and other ...

12-3-04
Hardware gets senior friendly
Tacoma News Tribune - Tacoma,WA,USA
details are still being discussed, consumers might see a certain bathroom shower win a seal of approval because it contains built-in grab-bars for safety.

12-4-04
Seniors get helping hands
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
telling all this as Santiago Credo, better known as "Santy," one of the guys from Senior Services' Minor Home Repair Program, was installing grab bars in the ...

12-5-04
A Play Spot Tailored To Disabled Children
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
The ground will be covered with a rubberized surface for wheelchair access. The plans include having each play station linked by ramps with protective ...

12-7-04
Giving a gift of access -- and hope
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
As a favor to a friend, Mike Vowels agreed to advise a recently injured man on where to place wheelchair ramps around his four-bedroom home. ...

12-9-04
Organization raises money to build homes for disabled vets
The Dolphin - Groton,CT,USA
"Making the home functional for him was a big thing, because you can't get a wheelchair into an ordinary-sized door. Then we had to have some ramps prepared so ...

12-14-04
Curb Problems Make Teen's Life Tough
Omaha Channel.com - Omaha,NE,USA
The intersection of 42nd and L streets has no wheelchair ramps -- just 6-inch curbs that Futrell's chair can't negotiate. "I don't want to tip over. ...

12-15-04
In a blue state, a little relief
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
he threw out a lawsuit filed by a man in a wheelchair who accused a Chinese restaurant of restricting his mobility by incorrectly installing "grab bars" in the ...

A better Prospect for handicapped kids ...
Mansfield News Journal - Mansfield,OH,USA
With Disabilities Act standards are designed for children who can maneuver out of a wheelchair, and perhaps crawl. But she reasoned wide ramps could help ...

12-27-04
SEASON OF SHARING
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
of its grants for basic needs such as move-in costs and housing and sometimes paying for necessities such as transportation to work, wheelchair ramps and even ...

The Patriot Ledger
The Patriot Ledger - Quincy,MA,USA
Stephen's brother built wheelchair ramps to their small, bungalow-style home and hand rails down the hallway to the bathroom and bedroom. ...

12-28-04
Opening doors to the arts
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
The job includes coordinating a staff of about 90 volunteers and overseeing everything from Braille programs to wheelchair ramps. ...

12-29-04
"Our 4-letter word is will"
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
He built 53 wheelchair ramps this year, balancing tools and pieces of equipment with his crutches and designing plans from the seat of his wheelchair. ...

Volunteers build mobility
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
Building ramps to make homes wheelchair-accessible is one service the group provides. To date this year, volunteers have built 15 ramps.