Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re:People with disabilities in cohousing

[S. Kashdan (skashdan]

"Peg Blum" pegb [at] cambridgecohousing.org wrote
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_Re:People with disabilities in cohousing


Here at Cambridge Cohousing (MA), we have one 4 bedroom unit shared by 4
adult men, ages 30 to 50, with developmental disabilities.  An adjoining one
bedroom unit provides housing for a staff person.  The program is
administered by Specialized Housing, Inc., a local organization which
administers several other community living programs in the area.  Ours is
the only one in a cohousing community.
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Here at Jackson Place Cohousing, in Seattle, one of our three-bedroom
townhomes is owned by Parkview Services, an organization that provides
assistance for developmentally delayed people. There are three adult men
living there. A caretaker comes in to help them get  ready to go to work in
the mornings, and their parents visit often. None of the men are related to
anyone else who lives in the community, although the couple who brought in
Parkview has a developmentally delayed daughter who lives in a shared home
in another part of town. The men and their caretaker come to common meals
and do some small chores, like emptying the trash and recycling. Although
Parkview is an owner, the organization does not participate in any of our
decision-making, except condominium decisions having to do with economic
matters. We have a written agreement specifying the relationship between
them and the rest of the community. Every once in a while some of the
parents of the adult men will let us know about some idea or preference they
have related to things that are going on.

Sylvie Kashdan
skashdan [at] scn.org
Jackson Place Cohousing
800 Hiawatha Place South
Seattle, WA 98144
www.seattlecohousing.org


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