| While the majority of the population has no problems | | | | strides in this area, and it has made life easier for a |
| getting around from place to place, whether it be | | | | part of society that should not be forgotten. |
| getting around town or getting from story to story | | | | Whether it is a business, doctor's office, government |
| in a building, the need for people who may not be as | | | | building or anything else, these platform lifts are now |
| well off as others to be able to access the same | | | | present no matter where you go, giving disabled |
| areas is also very important. Enclosed elevator lifts | | | | people more access to parks, libraries, and many |
| are only a small portion of the platform lifts that can | | | | other public areas in which they would have had |
| help disabled people and others who may need this | | | | trouble getting to before. There are vertical platform |
| service to get the access they need to areas which | | | | lifts and inclined platform lifts, as well as low rise |
| they need to get to. | | | | commercial and residential elevators, which can be |
| Platform lifts are simply a platform that is raised and | | | | used both indoors or outdoors to make the lives of |
| lowered between different floors. Wheelchair users | | | | these disabled people easier. |
| can simply roll onto the platform, raise to the desired | | | | Keep in mind that there are also Platform Lift which |
| level, and then wheel themselves out from the lift. | | | | are available for businesses as well which serve the |
| There are both electronic wheelchairs and manual | | | | purpose of transporting goods in a warehouse or |
| wheelchairs, and no matter what wheelchair is being | | | | other building from a lower area to a higher area as |
| used, these lifts can be of great value to the person | | | | well. While not in the same area of societal interest, |
| having to use them. Due to DDA legislation of 1994 | | | | these lifts also perform important duties and are |
| our market has to solve all type of access issues by | | | | crucial to businesses that have lots of inventory |
| providing several different types of platform lift. | | | | which needs to be stored in sometimes hard to |
| Among which the main type are Vertical Platform Lift | | | | reach areas. |
| and Inclined Platform Lift. Vertical Platform Lift is | | | | There are also platform lifts that help people get in |
| designed to carry a person with his wheelchair and in | | | | and out of vehicles, and these days it is hard to find |
| other hand Inclined Platform Lift carries a person and | | | | any vehicle that deals in the transportation of |
| his wheelchair both at a time and it is wall mounted | | | | disabled people without one. These lifts provide easy |
| or post mounted onto the steps. | | | | access to both entering and exiting the vehicle, and |
| All though these platform lifts are designed mainly to | | | | are just another improvement to the way disabled |
| help people who use wheelchairs, they are also a | | | | persons can now feel more comfortable in doing |
| great help to many other disabled people. One of the | | | | what they need to do. |
| great things about these platform lifts is the fact | | | | Vertical platform lifts, inclined platform lifts, lifts for |
| that the disabled person does not need a lot of help | | | | cars, vans, trucks, and buses, indoor and outdoor |
| in using these devices, and as such can be confident | | | | lifts, whatever platform lift you now see, they have |
| in their own ability to get to where they want to be | | | | all proven to be a valuable asset to our society and |
| independently. Over the last decade governments | | | | especially the people in it that may not be able to |
| from all across the world have made increasing | | | | function without them. |