Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: kitchen accessibility

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

In a perfect world, you would have a kitchen designer who is used to working
with accessibility issues work with you during the design phase. But having
a member in a wheelchair is a real plus. Then they can be on the committee
and tell you what works and doesn't. We have a low counter and an accessible
sink. The counter didn't get used, because it was in the way of the entrance
when the chair was there. She moved out for unrelated reasons and still
visits all our functions. The sink she did use, and I recommend having one
with no cupboards underneath. The center island did make it difficult to get
around in a chair, but was so necessary for everything else. WE have cutting
boards that come out from the island, and she used those a lot.


-- 
Liz Stevenson
Southside Park Cohousing
Sacramento, California
tamgoddess [at] attbi.com

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