Home Accessibility 1. Living as You Like To Live. Designing for All.
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| Title: | Home Accessibility 1. Living as You Like To Live. Designing for All. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | PAM Assistance Centre, Lansing, MI. |
| Source: | PAM Repeater. Feb 1990 (58). |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Department of Education, Washington, DC. Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. |
| Document Type: | Guides - Non-Classroom Collected Works - Serials |
| Descriptors: | Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Design, Building Innovation, Design Requirements, Physical Disabilities, Physical Mobility, Space Utilization |
| Geographic Terms: | U.S.; Michigan |
| Abstract: | The brochure provides suggestions for adapting or building living quarters to accommodate persons with physical limitations. Encouraged is barrier-free universal design to allow all persons, disabled or able bodied, to move freely, independently, and safely in their surroundings. Illustrations and text provide guidance for design of ramps, front doors, more accessible bathrooms, kitchens, and clothes closets. A large cut-away diagram of a house details possible modifications. Also included are the sources of 13 additional resources and the addresses of seven barrier free contractors/consultants. (DB) |
| Notes: | For a related document, see EC 300 207. |
| Journal Code: | RIESEP1991 |
| Entry Date: | 1991 |
| Accession Number: | ED331225 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The brochure provides suggestions for adapting or building living quarters to accommodate persons with physical limitations. Encouraged is barrier-free universal design to allow all persons, disabled or able bodied, to move freely, independently, and safely in their surroundings. Illustrations and text provide guidance for design of ramps, front doors, more accessible bathrooms, kitchens, and clothes closets. A large cut-away diagram of a house details possible modifications. Also included are the sources of 13 additional resources and the addresses of seven barrier free contractors/consultants. (DB) |
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