Gary Renick | March 9, 2009
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 [...]
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Gary Renick | March 9, 2009
First let me apologize for not getting back to this subject sooner. I want to continue our discussion on
Universal Design with principle three of seven. Principle three is stated as follows.
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Gary Renick | January 23, 2009
What is Universal Design It
is a set of design criteria
developed to allow for
people to age in place.
Now this means that as we
get older and less able to
do the things we used to
do,
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Gary Renick | December 19, 2008
Well things are finally back to normal around here. Everything is cleaned up from the storm and we finally were able to tackle our first do it yourself accessibility project. And what better place to start but the front door. Up until this project I had been using a wooden ramp to get in and [...]
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Gary Renick | December 19, 2008
Parking and Entrances As you can see from the illustration at the right, an accessible driveway is flat and level. Also there are no sudden changes in elevation from one area to another. The driveway is also wider than a one- car driveway by approximately another car width. This allows extra space on the right [...]
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