Disabled Ramps Needed More Each Year

By Lucille Lamb


Sometimes it is ignored by most people or just taken for granted, but the ability to walk up stairs is not lost on people with disabilities. The fact that there are really not enough disabled ramps is not only affecting those with disabilities either. People do not consider that sure it has an effect on them, but also the millions of people who are only temporarily disabled from broken legs or surgery.

This happens to affect people who are coming out of surgery or who have a broken bone or some other temporary disability. This is when the people who might usually take walking for granted get to see life from another perspective. They get to see how truly difficult it is for other people to get around and do the things that everybody else does.

Of course there is a need for more disabled ramps in various public places and even many private ones. But it is not just the access to walkways, it is everything. Those who need a wheelchair might have issues getting in a building but if they can they still have a hard time getting around or gaining access to other parts of the building.

When they do have such an eye opening experience however it does allow them to see the world differently and when they come out of it and get back to the way they were before they often times will dedicate some sort of help to others. They feel bad and can finally sympathize with people who have a difficult time just walking up a short flight of stairs.

It is not only those in wheelchairs either. There are many more people with disabilities today than over the last 20 years. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars have increased the amount of disabilities and types of them that we see today. Buildings and other places need more than walkways and ramps. They need support for amputees and some other afflictions.

What has not seen a relative increase is the amount of disabled ramps in various areas. There is a slow down in their installations as people still wait for funds to come from other places instead of paying for them on their own. It is sad really that people do not want to help out more.

There are a great many public facilities that are accessible for people with disabilities and Federal laws have made that better than it was a generation ago, but we still have a long way to go. We need to start including these things in building design from the start, not have these things added on later as an after-thought.

Disabled ramps when installed can really help those in need. When you cannot gain access to a building, office, or even your home or a friends home it really affects your ability to do the things that you want to do. Sometimes people who suffer these woes temporarily can see the harm it does to others and when they heal they turn around and start to help.




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