wheelchair ramp
noun
: a ramp for someone in a wheelchair to use instead of stairs to enter a building
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Campbell and her family also need a wheelchair ramp for their van, van repairs and a manual APEX wheelchair, as well as a portable continuous oxygen concentrator.
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Each Health Cube comes equipped with sanitation, lighting, a security system, a chair and bed, cabinets, and wheelchair ramp.
—John Koetsier, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The remodeling company has completely transformed the entrance to the house in a fairly narrow space that other companies thought could not fit a wheelchair ramp.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 25 July 2024
At one of her sisters' houses in Detroit, where their mother lives, a 4-year-old wheelchair ramp had fallen into shambles.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
All restaurants have elevator access, there’s a wheelchair ramp to the beach, and the pool has an ADA-compliant lift.
—Sarah Sekula, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024
The only thing off about the scene was the drab wheelchair ramp that led to the front door.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
So supporters gathered over several days to build a wheelchair ramp at his grandparents’ house.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
The owners were required to bring the house up to code and added a sprinkler system, larger restrooms, a wheelchair ramp and a new state-of-the-art kitchen.
—Linda Deutsch, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2023
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Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Each Health Cube comes equipped with sanitation, lighting, a security system, a chair and bed, cabinets, and wheelchair ramp.
—John Koetsier, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The remodeling company has completely transformed the entrance to the house in a fairly narrow space that other companies thought could not fit a wheelchair ramp.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 25 July 2024
At one of her sisters' houses in Detroit, where their mother lives, a 4-year-old wheelchair ramp had fallen into shambles.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2024
All restaurants have elevator access, there’s a wheelchair ramp to the beach, and the pool has an ADA-compliant lift.
—Sarah Sekula, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2024
The only thing off about the scene was the drab wheelchair ramp that led to the front door.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
So supporters gathered over several days to build a wheelchair ramp at his grandparents’ house.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
The owners were required to bring the house up to code and added a sprinkler system, larger restrooms, a wheelchair ramp and a new state-of-the-art kitchen.
—Linda Deutsch, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2023
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“Wheelchair ramp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheelchair%20ramp. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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