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Modifying Your RV For Travelers With Disabilities

Dec. 30 2021 Lifestyle By RVs and Boats For Less

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The lack of decent accommodations in many places can make traveling with disabilities more challenging and less enjoyable. But what if it didn’t have to be this way? If you travel by RV, you can condense your accommodations and transportation into one convenient vehicle, which you can outfit as needed to make it completely accessible and disability-friendly. Whether you or your traveling partners have physical or mental disabilities, you can make alterations to an RV so that it is suitable for everyone.

Mobility Needs

You may need to remove furniture pieces to create a more open floor plan for people who use mobility aids such as walkers, canes, or wheelchairs. A wheelchair lift or ramp should be installed to help you or your companion safely enter and exit the vehicle.

Installing grab bars around the bathroom and kitchen can help travelers to sit and stand safely as they use facilities and prepare food.

Sensory Concerns

Many conditions cause people to have sensory-processing issues, including heightened sensitivities to light, smell, sound, touch, and temperature. You can address each of these issues easily to ensure that the RV is a safe space for you and your traveling companions:

  • Light: Install blackout curtains and buy eye masks to help cope with photosensitivity.
  • Smell: Use an aromatherapy atomizer or an air filter system that can help reduce strong smells.
  • Sound: Invest in a white-noise machine for sleep, along with earplugs. Also, add insulation to the RV to block out exterior noises.
  • Touch: Recover furniture in a fabric that does not trigger discomfort for your companion.
  • Temperature: Make sure your RV has a climate-control system for adjusting the interior temperature to the desired level. Space heaters and fans can help to further heat or cool the space.

We hope these tips prove useful to you. When you’re ready to shop for an RV, visit our dealership in Chubbuck, ID, to look at our inventory. RVs and Boats For Less proudly serves the cities of Idaho Falls and Pocatello, ID.