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Remodeling Posterette

Before engaging in a remodeling project, here are some tips for accessibility. Specific examples included in this posterette are floor materials, types of windows, and thermostat height.

Anson & Smith, Rehabilitation Research Design and Disability (R2D2) Center

Remodeling Posterette  (PDF File)

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Posted by: thorsons on Tue Nov 24, 2020 at 9:25 a.m.

This is a thoughtful resource that will benefit those concerned with remodeling homes for accessibility. The mediation of material selection that reflects differing concerns for mobility, chemical, health, and environmental sensitivities is especially important. Similarly, the clarification of ADA requirements as extremes rather than the most accessible instances is a valuable contribution for remodeling considerations. Overall, this tool is a useful initial tool for understanding remodeling concerns for a variety of impairments. The direction to additional resources is helpful.

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Posted by: muschel3 on Tue Nov 24, 2020 at 4:57 p.m.

Accessible construction and remodeling is so important - especially as most people would like to be able to age in place. Planning ahead for this is crucial, and increases visibility and accessibility for everyone.

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It took me several years of struggling with the heavy door to my building, sometimes having to wait until a person stronger came along, to realize that the door was an accessibility problem, not only for me, but for others as well. And I did not notice, until one of my students pointed it out, that the lack of signs that could be read from a distance at my university forced people with mobility impairments to expend a lot of energy unnecessarily, searching for rooms and offices. Although I have encountered this difficulty myself on days when walking was exhausting to me, I interpreted it, automatically, as a problem arising from my illness (as I did with the door), rather than as a problem arising from the built environment having been created for too narrow a range of people and situations.

Susan Wendell, author of
The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability