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		<title>A Wheelchair Accessible Vegetable Garden</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/334/a-wheelchair-accessible-vegetable-garden/</link>
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		<title>A Door Is A Door Or Is It</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/327/a-door-is-a-door-or-is-it/</link>
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		<title>I Was Hit By The Flu</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/328/i-was-hit-by-the-flu/</link>
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		<title>Building a Wooden Wheelchair Ramp The Things You Need to Know</title>
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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 “Ramp [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/324/building-a-wooden-wheelchair-ramp-the-things-you-need-to-know/</link>
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		<title>What is an Accessible Apartment and What It Is Not</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/322/what-is-an-accessible-apartment-and-what-it-is-not/</link>
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		<title>Why is It So Hard  A Political Statement</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/316/why-is-it-so-hard-a-political-statement/</link>
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		<title>Answering Your Questions or How to Create a Q&amp;A Page</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/310/answering-your-questions-or-how-to-create-a-qa-page/</link>
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		<title>Universal Design Principal Seven Size and Space for Approach and Use</title>
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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 space under a washroom lavatory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/307/universal-design-principal-seven-size-and-space-for-approach-and-use/</link>
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		<title>Universal Design Principle Six Low Physical Effort</title>
		<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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		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/297/universal-design-principle-six-low-physical-effort/</link>
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		<title>Universal Design Principle Five Tolerance for Errors</title>
		<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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/291/universal-design-principle-five-tolerance-for-errors/</link>
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