Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Universal Design and Co-housing

[Kay Argyle (argyle]

At Wasatch Commons, all units are accessible for visitors -- that is, there
are no steps between the parking lot and the living rooms.  We have a
low-income two-bedroom specifically designed for a wheelchair.

Half of the smaller units don't have a downstairs bedroom, which may
eventually become a problem.

Most common areas are accessible -- dining room, kitchen, sitting room,
mailroom, laundry, a half-bath, three-quarter bath (with grab bars, large
floor space for maneuvering, and a roll-in shower stall), guestroom (used as
a secondary meeting room when not occupied), kids room, future messy crafts
room (currently storage), workshop, and garage.  There isn't a curb cut into
the community garden, but a dirt ramp has become more or less permanent, for
use by wheelbarrows, tillers, and trucks delivering amendments.

The common areas that are not accessible consist of two upstairs rooms in
the workshop, used as exercise rooms, an upstairs guestroom in the common
house, and a loft area that doubles as a "clean" crafts room and an overflow
guestroom.

We don't have (have never had) any disabled residents, unless one counts the
person who just had a hip replacement.

Kay

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