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Accessible - Handrails and Support

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|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:handrails1.png|thumb|left|260px|Wooden/ bamboo support rails fixed to floor in front of toilet]]
|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:handrails2.png|thumb|left|260px|Wooden/ bamboo support rails fixed to floor on either side of toilet]]
|style="vertical-align:top"|[[Image:handrails3.png|thumb|left|260px|Metal bars (e.g. galvanised iron pipe) fixed to side wall/s of latrine]]
|}
|width="20%"|'''Cost / labour'''
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Bricks protruding from wall for support to a weak or visually impaired person'''<br>[[Image:handrails4.png|150px]]
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* Easy to construct
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Wooden/ bamboo support rails fixed to floor either in front or on either side of toilet (depending on user’s needs)'''
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* Materials locally available
|Low
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|style="background-color: #EDEDED;"|'''Metal bars (e.g. galvanised iron pipe) fixed to side wall/s of latrine'''
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* Highly durable
===Acknowledgements===
* Content and images: [http://www.wateraid.org/what-we-do/our-approach/research-and-publications/view-publication?id=aff6d098-00f2-42e5-b9a0-22ec2b264a5e Compendium of accessible WASH technologies] WaterAidand WEDC.[[Image:WaterAid logo.png|none|100px|link=http://www.wateraid.org/us]][[Image:WEDC logo.png|none|100px|link=http://wedc.lboro.ac.uk/index.html]]
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