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  2. Accessible toilet - Wikipedia

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    Accessible toilets need larger floor space than other cubicles to allow space for a wheelchair to maneuver. This space is also useful for people who are not necessarily wheelchair users, but still need physical support from someone else. A wheelchair-height changing table is also recommended, but remains rarely available. Accessible changing ...

  3. Accessible housing - Wikipedia

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    Accessible housing refers to the construction or modification (such as through renovation or home modification) of housing to enable independent living for persons with disabilities. Accessibility is achieved through architectural design, but also by integrating accessibility features such as modified furniture, shelves and cupboards, or even ...

  4. Disability in France - Wikipedia

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    After the Second World War, parents of disabled children and charities created specialized institutions for disabled children for whom school was not accessible. [2] In 2018, the French Government began to roll out a disability policy which aimed to increase the allowance for disabled adults to €900 per month, improve the digital ...

  5. International Symbol of Access - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1960s, with the rise of universal design, there grew a need for a symbol to identify accessible facilities. [3] In 1968, Norman Acton, President of Rehabilitation International (RI), tasked Karl Montan, chairman of the International Commission of Technology and Accessibility (ICTA), to develop a symbol as a technical aid and present in the group's 1969 World Congress convention in ...

  6. Universal design - Wikipedia

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    Universal design is the design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to people, regardless of age, disability, or other factors. It emerged as a rights -based, anti- discrimination measure, which seeks to create design for all abilities.

  7. Grab bar - Wikipedia

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    ADA-style grab bars and their mounting devices should withstand more than 250 pounds (1112 N) of force. In public toilet stalls, side grab bars must be a minimum of 42 inches long and mounted 12 inches from the rear wall, and rear grab bars must be a minimum of 36 inches long and mounted a maximum of 6 inches from the side wall.

  8. Haussmann's renovation of Paris - Wikipedia

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    In 1794, during the French Revolution, a Commission of Artists drafted an ambitious plan to build wide avenues, including a street in a straight line from the Place de la Nation to the Louvre, where the Avenue Victoria is today, and squares with avenues radiating in different directions, largely making use of land confiscated from the church ...

  9. Squat toilet - Wikipedia

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    Side view of a ceramic squat toilet in Japan before installation. Squat toilets are arranged at floor level, which requires the individual to squat with bent knees. [4] In contrast to a pedestal or a sitting toilet, the opening of the drain pipe is located at the ground level.