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	<title>Ask Gary ADA &#187; Handicap Issues</title>
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		<title>A Door Is A Door Or Is It</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/327/a-door-is-a-door-or-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 22:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Handicap Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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>
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		<title>What is an Accessible Apartment and What It Is Not</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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>
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		<title>Universal Design Principle Four Perceptible Information</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/264/universal-design-principle-four-perceptible-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Universal Design Continued Principle Three Simple and Intuitive</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/262/universal-design-continued-principle-three-simple-and-intuitive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>We Interupt for This Important Message</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/248/we-interupt-for-this-important-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Handicap Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessable home design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Universal Design Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/222/what-is-universal-design-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accessible home design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remodeling Ada Handicap Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simple Wheelchair Accessibility Modifications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Universal Design It 
is a set of design criteria 
developed to allow for 
people to age in place. 
Now this means that as we 
get older and less able to 
do the things we used to 
do,
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		<title>What do you mean Visitable</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/215/what-do-you-mean-visitable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you mean Visitable
]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t get me started!</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/185/dont-get-me-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Handicap Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The ADA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessible]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[powerchair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remodeling Ada Handicap Compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I wrote about people who park in handicap spaces that shouldn&#8217;t. Well that just reminded me of another pet peeve of mine. That is so called handicapped restrooms that are not really. There are several different type of what I like to call &#8220;Handicap bathroom want to be&#8217;s&#8221; . The first is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are you using my space?</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/102/why-are-you-using-my-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Handicap Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The ADA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a pet peeve and that is people who park in handicap parking illegally. My wife used to say I over reacted, but now that she drives me around in my lift van all the time she is just as vocal as I am. I no longer am able to drive, so that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramp Building 101</title>
		<link>http://www.askgaryada.com/91/ramp-building-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Renick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Do-it-yourself]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Handicap Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Residential Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accessible]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Remodeling Ada Handicap Compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well things are finally back to normal around here. Everything is cleaned up from the storm and we finally were able to tackle our first do it yourself accessibility project. And what better place to start but the front door. Up until this project I had been using a wooden ramp to get in and [...]]]></description>
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