Gary Renick | May 9, 2009
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 [...]
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Gary Renick | April 30, 2009
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 [...]
Category: Do-it-yourself, Handicap Issues |
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Tags: accessibility, accessible home design, Simple Wheelchair Accessibility Modifications, Wheel Chair Accessible Home, Wheelchair Accessible Remodeling Adaptive
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 space under a washroom lavatory [...]
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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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