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The now-ubiquitous pool lifts, the sloped entries, ramps, and transfer walls were an invitation for individuals with disabilities to get in the water, which leads back to the question that started it all . . . 

Then what?

Access was limited to merely that, with nothing beyond. Free from their wheelchair, yet immersed in a conditional environment where an individual’s options were either cling to the pool edge or possibly a caregiver; not the sort of choices conducive to relaxation or enjoyment in a setting intended for those very things.

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