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2. Accessible toilet - Wikipedia

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   Public toilets (aka restrooms) can present accessibility challenges for people with disabilities. For example, stalls may not be able to fit a wheelchair, and transferring between the wheelchair and the toilet seat may pose a challenge. Accessible toilets are designed to address these issues by providing more space and bars for users to grab ...

3. Wheelchair - Wikipedia

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   Tilting wheelchairs are preferred for people who use molded or contoured seats, who need to maintain a particular posture, who adversely affected by sheer forces (reclining causes the body to slide slightly every time), or who need to keep a communication device, powered wheelchair controls, or other attached device in the same relative ...

4. International Symbol of Access - Wikipedia

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   In the late 1960s, with the rise of universal design, there grew a need for a symbol to identify accessible facilities. [3] In 1968, Norman Acton, President of Rehabilitation International (RI), tasked Karl Montan, chairman of the International Commission of Technology and Accessibility (ICTA), to develop a symbol as a technical aid and present in the group's 1969 World Congress convention in ...

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6. What Is Ableism? The Sneaky Assumption That Hurts Disabled People

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   Instead, Treat Disabled People Like People. Just like avoiding racist, sexist or ageist language, resisting ableism might require a little extra thought. Instead of saying “Wow, that’s so ...

7. Services and supports for people with disabilities - Wikipedia

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   According to the Americans with disabilities act, people with disabilities are guaranteed equal opportunities when it comes to public accommodation, jobs, transportation, [6] government services and telecommunications. These allow for Americans with disabilities to be able to live as normal lives as possible apart from their disadvantage.