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Posted by RonInBayside on Wed Dec 13 17:39:05 2006, in response to Re: LIRR: Another GAP Fall...., posted by JohnL on Wed Dec 13 17:14:44 2006. It depends on the person's disability. If the person is ambulatory, it may be that a crewmember's support is all that's needed.If the person is in a manual chair, perhaps the crew can lower the person to the ground after the chair has been passed through the door and set up. (I advocate use of manual chairs for travel whenever possible; obviously this is not always possible. One option is to travel with a companion who can do the pushing). If the person is in a heavy motorized chair (in some cases, the combined weight of person+chair can exceed 600 lb, the federal requirement for bus wheelchair lifts) they have a real problem. If the station has portable ramp equipment that can be set up and can hold the weight, that's great but I don't know that we can count on that. |
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