Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Wheelchair Accessibility

[Jane O'Brien (janeobrien]

I second Sharon Villines' notion that accessibility is much more than
wheelchair access. 

I visited the new Eastern Village Community in Silver Spring, MD last
weekend, which has many units with lofts--and spiral staircases within them.
Those kind of staircases are SO difficult to negotiate--and impossible for
me when I am carrying anything.

An accommodation I appreciate is to outfit doors with "lever handles" rather
than doorknobs. Those of us with arthritis in our hands find "turning" jar
lids and opening doors difficult.


Jane O'Brien
janeobrien [at] earthlink.net