When designing a kitchen for use by persons with mobility impairments, especially those who use wheelchairs, careful layout of the kitchen is crucial to maintaining accessibility. People who are mobility impaired may:
- have walking and standing limitations which require them to sit while working
- use a mobility aid such as crutches, canes, or walkers
- use a wheelchair.
One of the key issues to consider when designing for persons with mobility impairments is adequate space to maneuver a mobility aid such as a wheelchair or walker. The pages that follow provide information based upon ANSI and UFAS standards for designing an accessible kitchen.
Base Cabinet with Self-storing Folding Doors and Floor
A second type of adaptable base cabinet uses self-storing retractable door hardware and a hinged floor to expose the knee space (Figure 12).
The self-storing features permit the cabinet to be adapted without the necessity of storing the removed base cabinet in another location.
To expose the knee space, the doors swing open and slide back along the sides of the cabinet into a stored position. The cabinet floor folds up against the back wall to expose the finished floor below (Figures 13,14, and 15).
This cabinet works well with the fixed 34-inch maximum height counter that ANSI and UF AS allow. It also works with an adjustable height counter by adding shims or a drawer unit to raise the height of the counter (see Figure 18). While building this type of cabinet may be somewhat more expensive than modifying a standard base cabinet, the self-storing design may be preferred where storage space is unavailable.
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