Gary Renick | April 1, 2009
When I started this blog almost a year ago I envisioned a site where you would come and post your questions about accessibility and I would answer them for you. I was a newbie and in a lot of ways I still am. I have learned that you have been asking me questions all along, [...]
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Gary Renick | March 31, 2009
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 [...]
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Gary Renick | March 17, 2009
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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Gary Renick | March 13, 2009
Principle Five Tolerance for Error Ideally, the building’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 [...]
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Gary Renick | March 2, 2009
Spring is nearly here. Well in Texas it has mostly arrived. Everyone is out in their yards planning Image via Wikipedia and planting. The colors of spring are here and the grass is growing and greening again. I love this time of the year. I love being outside in the garden, planning and planting. Yesterday [...]
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Tags: accessible home design, Garden