Accessible Design: Curb Ramps, Ramps, and Elevators

Curb ramps, ramps, and elevators make the world an easier, more accessible place for not only people with disabilities, but everyone as a whole. Though they may be a small thing, curb ramps are one of the easiest things to use to demonstrate that accessible features benefit everyone, not just people with disabilities. A curb ramp may enable someone in a wheelchair to cross a street, but it will also help an older person who walks with a cane, or a parent with a young child in a stroller, or a perfectly healthy, able-bodied, young person with a cart or dolly stacked with groceries or boxes. Ramps and elevators provide the same level of easy access for greater changes in elevation. This interactive online course illustrates how you can include these designs into your built environment to create accessible spaces for everyone.