Great aviation museum

Margy Natalie wrote:

we have these really cool ramps that aren't legal. So, the ramps are
labeled "not handicapped accessible"

as an additional technical point: ramps are *wheelchair* accessible;
only a minority of handicapped folks use wheelchairs; accessibility
requirements between handicaps vary and can actually be mutually
incompatible: I hate ramps, they make my life more complicated and
dangerous, and I always go for the stairs to the consternation of
whoever is in charge (I used to do that when using a wheelchair too,
as it is generally faster / shorter); and unless they are MDs with
the proper qualifications -- and even then -- who are they to say that
your students or I are handicapped anyway? use the darn ramps if they
work for you.

--Sylvain

Sylvain wrote:
Margy Natalie wrote:


we have these really cool ramps that aren't legal. So, the ramps are
labeled "not handicapped accessible"


as an additional technical point: ramps are *wheelchair* accessible;
only a minority of handicapped folks use wheelchairs; accessibility
requirements between handicaps vary and can actually be mutually
incompatible: I hate ramps, they make my life more complicated and
dangerous, and I always go for the stairs to the consternation of
whoever is in charge (I used to do that when using a wheelchair too,
as it is generally faster / shorter); and unless they are MDs with
the proper qualifications -- and even then -- who are they to say that
your students or I are handicapped anyway? use the darn ramps if they
work for you.

--Sylvain
That was my feeling :-), but the law states something like 12" per 2"
rise with a level area every XX (can't remember) feet. Everyone was
using them and having a great time until someone (not sure if otherly
abled or not) decided to inform the museum they weren't "up to code"
with ADA so the signs went up.

I'd love to chat with you about possible accomodations off line some
where, just use my first name at my first and last names.com

Margy

"Margy Natalie" wrote

That was my feeling :-), but the law states something like 12" per 2" rise
with a level area every XX (can't remember) feet.

For new construction, every 12 inches can rise no more than 1 inch. No ramp
may rise more than 30 inches, without a landing.
--
Jim in NC