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 29, 2009
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Gary Renick | February 13, 2009
I have been watching as a new house goes up across the street from me and it makes me mad to hear builders talk about how difficult is to make a new house accessible or at least visitable for someone in a wheelchair. It would be just as easy to pour the walkway to the [...]
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.
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