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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.



