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  2. Accessibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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    The number of disabled riders on MTA buses rose eleven-fold between 1986 and 1991. By 1991, a year after the ADA law was passed, the bus system saw 120,000 disabled passengers per year. Ninety percent of the fleet was wheelchair-accessible, compared to other cities' transit systems, which had much lower percentages of accessible buses in their ...

  3. Accessibility - Wikipedia

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    International Symbol of Access denotes area with access for those with disabilities.. The disability rights movement advocates equal access to social, political, and economic life which includes not only physical access but access to the same tools, services, organizations and facilities as non-disabled people (e.g., museums [10] [11]).

  4. Accessible toilet - Wikipedia

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    Some countries and regions have a scheme of standardised locks, with non-profit organisations selling keys to disabled people. For example, to access many accessible toilets in the United Kingdom , disabled people can purchase a RADAR key from Disability Rights UK , [ 2 ] and across parts of mainland Europe there exists the Euro key scheme ...

  5. Here’s a guide to Myrtle Beach area beach wheelchairs ... - AOL

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    Whether you use a wheelchair, scooter or cane, you can find public beach access, handicapped parking and beach wheelchairs for your visit to Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach or ...

  6. Feds are moving to improve airline travel for people with ...

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    Airlines must return all checked wheelchairs and other assistive devices to passengers in the same condition they were received.Improved seating accommodations at airports. The final rule will be ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Priority seat - Wikipedia

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    The headrests of such seats are in green with words of "PRIORITY SEAT" and symbols of elderly, disabled, pregnant women, and people with infants or young children to help passengers identify them. Advertisements were also broadcast in order to raise the awareness of passengers to offer seats.

  9. Wheelchair - Wikipedia

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    Wheelchair seating systems are designed both to support the user in the sitting position and to redistribute pressure from areas of the body that are at risk of pressure ulcers. [33] For someone in the sitting position, the parts of the body that are the most at risk for tissue breakdown include the ischial tuberosities , coccyx , sacrum and ...