Whether you're going for a visit to the grandchildren or a week-long professional seminar, the places where you eat, sleep and get dressed in the morning are key to personal comfort and ability to function. A growing number of hotels and motels are trying to make their facilities more disability friendly. All too often, however, renovations are made without a real live disabled person in sight - with results that waste time and money. Uses wheelchair Judy Guttman of Colerain Township travels frequently with her husband. Her list of observations and recommendations is worth sharing.
Some places go overboard and use permanent risers on the beds and toilets.
This can often cause more problems than assistance. If the disabled person is short, as I am, it can make it very difficult to get on and off the beds and toilets without assistance. I have fallen to the floor on many occasions because of this. It would be best to not add the risers. If requested, an extra mattress could be put on the bed.