Adapted door for wheelchair user

Wide doors blend in with the style of the house

Dela
Dela

Two-part door to bedroom

In order to widen the old raised panel doors to the bathroom and the daughters’ bedrooms two-part doors were made to blend in with the rest of the woodwork.

Made by
The user’s father-in-law

Paid for by
Partially the municipality, partially the user

Whose idea
The user’s father-in-law

Two-part door to bathroom

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Author: Suzanne

Suzanne bor ihop med man och barn i en villa. Hon arbetar deltid. 1991 skadade hon sig och har en komplett tetraplegi C6. Hon har personlig assistans.

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Type of disability

High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

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