Sunday, March 18, 2012

Aids for the Handicapped

There are many new developments to aid the handicapped (the blind, obese, disabled, etc.).  Some of these aids for the handicapped included shower chairs, slide-in hand dryers, curtains instead of regular doors in bathrooms, wheel chairs, scooters, phones and computers with big number buttons, etc.  Here are some pictures of aids for the handicapped:









Sliding doors can help people on wheel chairs, scooters, and crutches because you can just slide the door to get what you need with less pressure on the hands.  In stores like Hess gas station, the food, drinks, and cup shelves are set to lower levels to allow children, people on wheel chairs, scooters, crutches, and drawfs to reach the contents.  Wheel chairs and scooters give mobility to people who are injured, paralyzed, obese, etc.  In the Millersville University Art Building, there is a bathroom stall with a shower curtain instead of a regular door to provide easy in and out access for the handicapped and to prevent injury to people who are exiting the bathroom.  Shower chairs or specialized bathrooms allow individuals with disabilities, joint injuries, recovery from survey for easy in and out access along with therapy aids.  Bigger buttons on computer keyboards and phone pads allow people who can see well, the elderly, and the disabled to see the numbers and letters. 

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