Re: Including disabled people in cohousing, especially forming communities | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Joan Sidney (jssidneysidneyfamily.org) | |
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 17:38:32 -0700 (PDT) |
I have advanced MS & am interested in this question. I'm in Storrs, CT. Where's the nearest co-housing? Thanks, Joan On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Allison Tom <allison.tom [at] telus.net> wrote: > Hello all, > > This is a significant tangent from the discussion on slush funds, but the > spirit of the conversation has moved me to write with my question/topic. > > What have communities done to include members who have significant > disabilities? In particular, has anyone successfully negotiated the > challenge of including disabled people in a forming community? > > I ask because I regretfully left a forming community almost two years ago > because of an exhausting chronic health condition. I’m now on the waiting > list to return to that community, and I’m thinking hard about how I could > return successfully or be part of any other forming community. > > My condition makes the frequent marathon meetings of planning an almost > insurmountable challenge. I believe that living in cohousing is a very > different pace from creating cohousing, and I think that I can contribute > and thrive in a community - with some accommodations to my condition. > Joining an existing community in my city is very difficult because there > are so few spots. > > I’m a former professor now on medical leave. I’m self-sufficient and > currently own and maintain my own home (I pay for household and garden > help). > > What strategies have groups explored or implemented to extend the > cohousing goal of inclusivity to people with various disabilities? > > I look forward to hearing from folks with experience or advise on- or > off-list. > > Thanks, Allison Tom > allison.tom [at] telus.net > > NB: I am planning on submitting an article about this to the “Race, class > and privilege” issue of Communities magazine. > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > -- Joan Seliger Sidney <http://www.joanseligersidney.org/> Body of Diminishing Motion <http://www.joanseligersidney.org/diminishing.html> (CavanKerry), Eric Hoffer Legacy Finalist 2015 Bereft and Blessed <http://www.joanseligersidney.org/bereft.html> (Antrimhouse) Special Research Associate / Writer in Residence University of Connecticut Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life http://www.joanseligersidney.org
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Including disabled people in cohousing, especially forming communities Allison Tom, October 20 2017
- Re: Including disabled people in cohousing, especially forming communities Joan Sidney, October 21 2017
- Re: Including disabled people in cohousing, especially forming communities Ann Zabaldo, October 22 2017
- Re: Including disabled people in cohousing, especially forming communities Sharon Villines, October 22 2017
- Re: Including disabled people in cohousing, especially forming communities Linda Hobbet, October 22 2017
- Re: Including disabled people in cohousing, especially forming communities Catya Belfer, October 25 2017
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