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Accessible Solutions from Bob Vila

This website page includes accessibility concerns from the work of Bob Vila (This Old House TV show). Many accessibility topics have "how to" videos.

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Posted by: Thomp85 on Thu Nov 15, 2012 at 11:07 a.m.

There were quite a few links to videos on this website that give some nice ideas about making a home adaptable/accessible in generally an aesthetically pleasing way. Most designs were focused on physical disabilities (at least on the handful of links I clicked on). Overall, a nice resource.

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Posted by: white259 on Wed Dec 03, 2014 at 8:10 a.m.

This is a good starting point for people who are beginning efforts to make their home more accessible. Information is provided in common language, however, the information is not exhaustive.

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Posted by: cburckardt on Wed Dec 03, 2014 at 8:17 a.m.

For someone who isn't extremely handy, this was a good, detailed set of resources for taking on some projects around the home, and making your home more accessible.

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Posted by: emmalcoffman@gmail.com on Wed Dec 03, 2014 at 11:04 a.m.

This is a good idea for those who are new to the accessibility options in a home. It is great that a household name such as Bob Vila from This Old House created lots of "how-to" videos, because it might reach the general public with more open arms.

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Posted by: Judy Gum on Thu Dec 04, 2014 at 2:58 p.m.

My favorite aspect of this site was the room-by-room checklist of steps to make your home more accessible.

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Posted by: bmmiota on Tue Nov 10, 2015 at 11:09 p.m.

Many homes, especially older homes, need to be retrofitted so it was great that there was a section on this.

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It took me several years of struggling with the heavy door to my building, sometimes having to wait until a person stronger came along, to realize that the door was an accessibility problem, not only for me, but for others as well. And I did not notice, until one of my students pointed it out, that the lack of signs that could be read from a distance at my university forced people with mobility impairments to expend a lot of energy unnecessarily, searching for rooms and offices. Although I have encountered this difficulty myself on days when walking was exhausting to me, I interpreted it, automatically, as a problem arising from my illness (as I did with the door), rather than as a problem arising from the built environment having been created for too narrow a range of people and situations.

Susan Wendell, author of
The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability