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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My passion and my mission is to help the disabled of the world remove the barriers that keep them from the freedom of mobility that they are entitled to.
