You've traveled for miles, enjoying the
scenery along the way. Now that you and your wheelchair-bound
companion have finally made it to Cousin Joe's home for a big family
dinner, you're both ready to just get in the house and settle in for
some good conversation. The portable wheelchair ramp you carry along
got you up the steps and onto the porch, but now there is one final
obstacle -- the raised threshold of the front door.
At home, your traveling buddy probably
has threshold ramps already in place, and they are probably permanent
fixtures that have been cut to size and attached to the floor with a
strong adhesive. Here, at the cousin's house – or just about
anywhere else, that solution is not viable. Fortunately, there are
portable rubber threshold ramps that are an easy solution to the
bump-at-the-door problem that occurs in so many locations.
Inside the house or building you are
visiting, the difference between levels of flooring in various rooms
is rarely noticeable because transition strips are already in place.
It's usually at the doors leading in an out of the house where the
person in a wheelchair discovers the bump is just too high to get
over easily. Awkward lifting is sometimes attempted, but for such a
nominal price, carrying along a rubber threshold ramp that has a
non-skid design is a much more dignified approach. Most models are
about 4-feet wide, so they will fit most styles of doorways, and fit
nicely into the truck or back seat when they are not in use.