What is a disabled access ramp?

This is really the alternative to a lift and is used for situations when a lift would be both pointless and a needless extravagance.  A disabled ramp allows an uphill or downhill trip to be made with relative ease and also means that people in wheelchairs do not have to disembark or enter into a lift or chair type situation in order to ascend or descend some stairs.

The only problem with ramps is knowing when they are going to work and knowing when the distance is simply going to be too steep. Of course, if the person in the wheelchair is being pushed by someone else then it is easier for them to tackle steeper inclines but if the member of the public in question is wheeling themselves then they could find steeper gradients too tiring and this could, in turn, put them off choosing your shop or your company- this is obviously something which is best avoided. One way in which a disabled ramp can be made less steep is for it to be made longer and to travel a longer distance however this is obviously not ideal both from a customers point of view and from your own.

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