Ground and Floor Surface Treatments: Technical Paper with Comments

摘要

Certain characteristics of interior and exterior surfaces may create potential hazards or may cause mobility problems for persons with disabilities. Five issues related to surface treatments are examined: slippery surfaces, roll-resistance (i.e., characteristics of a material that act to impede the movement of wheelchairs), walking resistance/surface instability (i.e., materials that cause problems for persons with ambulatory disabilities-cane, crutch, and walker users, elderly persons), surface detectability (i.e., acoustical, textural, color, resilience, and other orientation and warning cues used by persons for guidance), and joints between materials (e.g., brick pavers) or within a surface (e.g., gratings).