This website offers invaluable advice, tips and information on vehicles, adaptations and driving aids.
Themes: Mobility and transport
Specialised Wheelchair & Commercial Lifting Systems
SWC (Pty) Ltd has been developing and manufacturing wheelchair lifts and commercial lifts for the South African market since 1999. We design lifts around the market requirements, specializing in customer feedback analysis, in-house on the floor design testing and stringent quality checks. Each wheelchair lift and each commercial lift has been manufactured from world class materials by our company trained personnel.
The Importance of Facilities for Disabled People in our Buildings – Part S
The essential requirements of the National Building Regulations (in terms of facilities for disabled people or persons) are provided.
The application of the National Building Regulations Part S: Facilities for persons with disabilities
The application of the National Building Regulations Part S: Facilities for persons with disabilities, published by SABS Standards Division.
ADA Wheelchair ramp specifications
Ramp specifications which are extracted from the published ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Accessibility Guidelines are provided.
ADA Ramp requirements, modular wheelchair ramp guidelines, ramp specifications
Information on platform standards, ADA ramps specifications and ADA requirements are provided.
Constructing wheelchair ramps to ADA Specifications
Wheelchair ramps are a statutory necessity in building construction the ADA gives construction specifications of wheelchair ramps.
Chairman Hand Controls
Chairman Industries specialises in the manufacture and supply of mobility equipment and other products for people with disabilities and the elderly.
Vehicle conversion systems
Easy Drive (known as Pretoria Easy Drive) is the only fitment centre in South Africa, having certified trained technicians, installing Guidosimplex and locally manufactured adaptation devices and systems with 16 years of combined experience. Guidosimplex is acknowledged to be the world’s leader in vehicle adaptations and has over 46 years of experience in providing reliable, innovative vehicle solutions to the needs of people with disabilities.
Driving Ambitions
A project of the QuadPara Association of South Africa to develop the capacity of people with limited mobility and mobility impairment that have the agility to drive with adaptations.