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The accessibility-oriented non-sliding doors I've seen fairly common to most new construction in my part of the US (and likely elsewhere) tends to be electrical
by Zancarius 13y ago
The accessibility-oriented non-sliding doors I've seen fairly common to most new construction in my part of the US (and likely elsewhere) tends to be electrical button-operated doors. I'd imagine that someone who's wheelchair bound wouldn't find levers to be quite as accessible as electric doors so the accessibility argument seems a bit of a stretch.
That said, most establishments here tend to have push/pull handles or sliding doors, doing away entirely with the notion of something you "twist."
- skoob 13y agoHaving a disability doesn't necessarily mean that the person is wheelchair bound.
- Zancarius 13y agoReally? I had no idea. I was using the example as an extreme. It's curious to me that in most debates, you'll find no shortage of contrarians. More to the point: Ramp access and automatic doors are viable, proven improvements to accessibility. Levers? No so much. I suppose I ought to re-iterate why I find the notion that a lever-operated door to be "more accessible" than a door knob suspect, particularly if you consider people with carpal tunnel, other wrist injuries, or osteoarthritis in their digits (particularly thumbs). In these populations, wrist movements of any kind may be painful or impossible. To that end, I would believe that simple handle-operated doors that require push/pull only access ought to be far more accessible. But again, automatic doors are something of a comparative panacea regardless of the disability. If you can approach the door or push a button, you can gain access to the structure. So what was your point again?