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		<title>A Wheelchair Accessible Vegetable Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In these hard economic times everyone is trying to think of ways to save money. One of the ways we can save money is to grow some of our own food. The home vegetable garden is not new, in fact it was very popular in World War II. In those days they were called victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Door Is A Door Or Is It</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 22:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people do not pay much attention to the doors they pass through. They go through so many everyday. Big doors, small doors, it really does not matter much to them. A door is a door, unless it has to be accessible. To the disabled a door is not a door, it must be accessible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Was Hit By The Flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 22:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for my absence from the blogosphere for the last week, but the flu got me. I have tried to write this last week a little. I did get one post done which I will post right after this. I hope that all of you are okay and not experiencing the flu. But if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Wooden Wheelchair Ramp The Things You Need to Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  As any good Webmaster will do, I am constantly checking and analyzing my site to find ways to improve it. One of the statistics that is gathered are  keyword search phrases. I have recently notice a great deal of interest in information on building wooden wheelchair ramps. While I recently wrote an article entitled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is an Accessible Apartment and What It Is Not</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/322/what-is-an-accessible-apartment-and-what-it-is-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most of my early adult life I lived in apartments. Every one of these apartments claimed to be handicap accessible. They all proudly displayed the wheelchair symbol on their ads and signs. However when asked what made the apartment accessible the answer was pretty much the same. They would tell you it was near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why is It So Hard  A Political Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why is it so hard to create a building code that is inclusive of accessible design? There have been efforts to do this for years. How hard would it be to just add the features or change the way something is done? Why must we have to two standards for our homes? Have you ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal Design Principal Seven Size and Space for Approach and Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we will conclude our discussion of Universal Design Principals with the seventh and final principal. The seventh principal states:   Principle 7 Size and Space for Approach and Use   A building’s design features should provide an adequate amount of space that is appropriately arranged to enable anyone to use them (e.g., providing knee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal Design Principle Six Low Physical Effort</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/297/universal-design-principle-six-low-physical-effort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we continue with 
our discussion of Universal 
Design with Principle Six 
Low Physical Effort. What 
are we talking about when 
we say low physical effort, 
doing what? Principal Six 
reads as follows: Principal 
Six Low Physical Effort
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		<title>Universal Design Principle Five Tolerance for Errors</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/291/universal-design-principle-five-tolerance-for-errors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Handicap Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Principle Five Tolerance for Error Ideally, the building&#8217;s design should eliminate, isolate or shield any design features that could prove hazardous or inconvenient to any user. When potentially dangerous conditions are unavoidable, users should receive warnings as they approach the design feature (e.g., providing proximity warnings in a variety of sensory modes near the top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal Design Principle Four Perceptible Information</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/264/universal-design-principle-four-perceptible-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with my discussion on Universal design we move on to the fourth principle perceptible information. Principle Four consist of the following information. Principle Four Perceptible Information The building should provide all essential information in a variety of modes (e.g., written, symbolic, tactile, verbal) to ensure effective communication with all users regardless of their sensory [...]]]></description>
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