Sentences with phrase «of wheelchair accessible»

Founded in 1997, MobilityWorks is a national chain of wheelchair accessible van providers - serving the disabled community with wheelchair accessible minivans, full - size vans with lifts and commercial fleet vehicles.

It wants to make changes to a proposed piece legislation that would increase the number of wheelchair accessible taxis.

Our hotel in Scotland has a number of wheelchair accessible bedrooms with wetroom bathrooms, and has totally accessible public spaces.

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«At my sister's wedding, part of the the reception was held indoors, in an area that isn't wheelchair accessible.

Residents have complained of the scooters routinely blocking sidewalks and building entrances, causing people to trip, and making sidewalks less accessible for people who use wheelchairs.

It also makes the view accessible to people who use wheelchairs, visitors afraid of heights, and others who choose not to purchase a ticket to the top.

It's particularly discouraging that this is happening in the UK, where the team has led the way on partnerships with local groups to increase the number of wheelchair - accessible and electric vehicles on the road.

Consider all the special, additional requirements of elderly convicts: wheelchair accessible dormitories, hip replacement surgery, low sodium and diabetic diets, etc..

A survey in St. Louis, Missouri, by the former director of the Healing Community Project, O. Walter Wagner, indicated that only 1 per cent of St. Louis church buildings were accessible to wheelchairs.

Social responsibility is a key part of the business and the cafe is the first in Georgia to be accessible to blind and visually impaired customers and those using wheelchairs.

With a total of 2, 706 staterooms (including wheelchair accessible staterooms, balcony, outside and interior room choices) this ship can welcome 6, 318 guests.

This farm is also wheelchair accessible and has a full list of available crops on their site, with pears already started for the season.

There's also a relaxation station, a buddy bench, wheelchair swings and plenty of other wheelchair - accessible play equipment.

I suggest bringing everything into a wheelchair - accessible stall, but you'll have a much easier time if you take advantage of the airport lounge.

Offering an amazing opportunity to camp at one of the state's most beautiful beaches, this location is also wheelchair / stroller accessible.

Caregiver duties and responsibilities can include: Assisting with personal care: bathing and grooming, dressing, toileting, and exercise Basic food preparation: preparing meals, shopping, housekeeping, laundry, and other errands General health care: overseeing medication and prescriptions usage, appointment reminders and administering medicine Mobility assistance: help with getting in and out of a wheelchair, car or shower Personal supervision: providing constant companionship and general supervision Transportation: driving to and from activities, running errands, and help getting in and out of wheelchair - accessible vehicle Emotional support: being a stable companion and supporter in all matters personal, health - related and emotional Care for the elderly: orienting or grounding someone with Alzheimer s disease or dementia, relaying information from a doctor to family members Back - up care (or respite) services: providing other caregivers a break Home organization: help with organizing

The nature center is universally accessible as are some trails with the use of our all - terrain wheelchair.

Also, any remodeling valued at more than $ 50,000 over 24 months would require the installation of washrooms accessible to people in wheelchairs.

Highlights include establishment of a trail system that is mostly wheelchair accessible; programs reaching out to 40 schools and 230,000 residents within a two - mile radius; and, in partnership with the city of Boston, creation of the George Robert White Environmental Conservation Center, which models environmentally sound building practices.

Weisman argues that Uber has failed to address demand for wheelchair - accessible vehicles and as such is undoing years of work advocates have put in to ensure disabled New Yorkers have easy access to transportation.

On October 20, 2011, the TLC held a hearing to consider approval of a new wheelchair - accessible vehicle, the MV - 1, produced by a new automobile company called the generic - sounding Vehicle Production Group or VPG.

Among the features of the library include a room dedicated to historical artifacts - including some relating to the life and times of Herbert Macaulay, an innovation hub that will serve as a Coding Centre, a lounge / café area, a reading area with updated books and an e-library section, wheelchair accessible ramps and a finished courtyard area, among others.

But Cuomo said that industry officials had warned him that the 2,000 permits would not sell because of the added expenses involved in making the cars wheelchair - accessible, the sources said

NEW YORK — Embattled City Comptroller John Liu threatened Wednesday to kill the «Taxi of Tomorrow,» warning the plan was «dead on arrival» unless all new cabs were made wheelchair accessible.

Problems included a lack of ramps and wheelchair - accessible doorways at polling sites and a dearth of accessible ballot marking devices (BMDs), which offer an alternative way to mark a paper ballot to then scan into the new optical scanning voting machines.

The Flagbearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, has said that although the designers of the seat of government, the Flagstaff House, failed to make the edifice accessible to physically challenged persons, he would occupy the facility as Ghana's first President in a wheelchair.

Former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa is getting into New York's ride - hailing debate, urging his fellow Democrat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to require companies like Uber and Lyft to make a portion of their fleet accessible to people in wheelchairs.

A federal appeals court says New York City doesn't have to require its fleet of licensed yellow taxis be wheelchair accessible, reversing an earlier ruling and upsetting disability advocates.

Of the 13,237 medallions allowed by law, only 231 are designated for wheelchair accessible vehicles, the court said.

The Executive Chamber will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individuals with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids / services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retrieving items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.

• Proposition 2 - Authorize the Canastota Central School District to purchase and finance three 65 passenger busses and one 28 passenger wheelchair accessible bus not to exceed the sum of $ 470,000.

The Plan aims at: developing operational plans, processes and related instructions that take the needs of PWDs into account; designing layouts of polling stations to make them more accessible to PWDs; procuring magnifying glasses, tactile stickers for ballots boxes, large grip pens and other materials to assist PWDs and making cubicles, booths more accessible to wheelchair users.

Under a deal with the city, half of yellow cabs are supposed to be wheelchair accessible by 2020, but the requirement doesn't apply to services like Uber.

The 100 - year - old library reopened Monday morning after a $ 12.4 million renovation that modernized three of its floors and added wheelchair - accessible features.

James Weisman, president and CEO of the United Spinal Association, sent Gov. Andrew Cuomo a letter last week urging him to require the companies to make their vehicles accessible for wheelchair users.

A further advantage of the app is that the navigation functions allow users to call up wheelchair - accessible routes, for example, or disabled toilets.

Computer scientists from the University of Lincoln, UK, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and University College Cork, Ireland, worked with a leading special needs school in Lincoln to examine whether new motion - based gaming technologies and interactive design approaches could make video games more accessible and appealing for children who use powered wheelchairs.

Community Options will partner with Uber Technologies and human services agencies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to increase the supply of wheelchair - accessible vehicles, educate people with disabilities on transportation options and develop a simple and expedient process for booking accessible rides.

A wheelchair accessible and affordable apartment complex opened in Linden, N.J. — formerly the St. Elizabeth of Hungary Convent — for low income individuals with disabilities.

You don't want to go through all that hassle of finding great wheelchair accessible restaurant and organizing your transport if the date is gonna be terrible.

Think of a wheelchair - accessible ramp to a building: Not every single person needs it, but it significantly removes barriers for those who do, and signifies to everyone that the building is an accessible place.

Ramps for wheelchairs to make as much of the garden accessible as possible and textured paving to help those with a visual impairment get around the garden are important features that can be made to look attract as well as being practical.

The HSTS serves Halton's public and Catholic boards, and transports more than 28,000 students on 453 buses, mini buses, vans and wheelchair accessible vehicles daily at a cost of more than $ 18 million per year.

(5) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new van with a seating capacity of less than 8 passengers, including the driver, which is to be used to provide specified public transportation and for which a solicitation is made after the 30th day following the effective date of this section that is not readily accessible to or usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; except that the new van need not be readily accessible to and usable by such individuals if the entity can demonstrate that the system for which the van is being purchased or leased, when viewed in its entirety, provides a level of service to such individuals equivalent to the level of service provided to the general public;

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a person to build a new station for use in intercity or commuter rail transportation that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

-- It shall be considered discrimination for purposes of section 202 of this Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) for a responsible person to fail to make existing stations in the intercity rail transportation system, and existing key stations in commuter rail transportation systems, readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, as prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation in regulations issued under section 244.

Where the public entity is undertaking an alteration that affects or could affect usability of or access to an area of the facility containing a primary function, the entity shall also make the alterations in such a manner that, to the maximum extent feasible, the path of travel to the altered area and the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area, are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, upon completion of such alterations, where such alterations to the path of travel or the bathrooms, telephones, and drinking fountains serving the altered area are not disproportionate to the overall alterations in terms of cost and scope (as determined under criteria established by the Attorney General).

(7) the remanufacture by such entity of a rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation so as to extend its usable life for 10 years or more, or the purchase or lease by such entity of such a rail car, unless the rail car, to the maximum extent feasible, is made readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

-- If a private entity which operates a fixed route system and which is not subject to section 304 purchases or leases a vehicle with a seating capacity of 16 passengers or less (including the driver) for use on such system after the effective date of this subparagraph that is not readily accessible to or usable by individuals with disabilities, it shall be considered discrimination for such entity to fail to operate such system so that, when viewed in its entirety, such system ensures a level of service to individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, equivalent to the level of service provided to individuals

(6) the purchase or lease by such entity of a new rail passenger car that is to be used to provide specified public transportation, and for which a solicitation is made later than 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph, that is not readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs; and