Accessible Homes

[@thefirebreathingduck7386]

Having a daughter with a permanent disability and as an architect, I can assure you that most of these are simple and cost-effective solutions that all homes should incorporate. However, the range of those with a disability goes well beyond wheelchair movement and accessibility.

[@santoncraig6139]

Do you know of a place where we can get complete information as we become disabled both from disease and old age? A private or commercial website? Amazon books? We do see wheelchairs in our near future. Your response will be greatly appreciated

[@dimbulb6443]

Totally. As a person in a wheelchair, housing is a struggle! I wish there was more resources where I live.

[@dashaunbaldwin1037]

Hey are you able to do a zoom, or Google meets? I am in school for commercial Realestate development I have a question you maybe able to answer for me. My state doesn't have alot of accessible examples. As an architect it would be awesome to get feedback as I will design an ada project. Thanks.

[@leannescott2503]

Thank you for building home like these. So wonderful for families and individuals with unique abilities. ♥️

[@fables4564]

Thank you for putting this out! There are very few videos and info about accessibility... let alone in a housing situation.

[@perrywilliams4593]

I feel like 50% of homes in the USA should be built for accessibility, and aging independence.

[@lashawnrogers6316]

I absolutely love what you’re doing with these homes! My husband is a paraplegic and would truly appreciate such an accessible home. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

[@stephaniesealy2437]

We need more accessible homes in the usa

[@silladeruedaselectricaspar9578]

Thank you so much for your work. We need many more homes like this, worldwide! Each person with a disability will have different needs and different skills, so it will all depend on what the person's needs are.

[@Ladyonwheels-vi6ch]

This is a beautiful home and whoever gets to live in it will be one lucky person, however this video needs to be re-done and changes need to be made in that property, if it's for an Independent wheelchair user, I am a paraplegic and have been in a wheelchair for over 40 years and I agree with other comments there is so much not right with this property, however in all fairness you will never please everyone, because each disability is different, but some of the small changes you could make are .. THE OVEN in video you say the height that's easily managed, NO its not, have you tried cooking from a wheelchair? it is too low how is a wheelchair user meant to bend down and lift something into the oven, and worse still when something is hot (that was not thought out at all!) you need an oven like mine where the door pulls down and is chest level and eye level! THE SHOWER .. where is the shower curtain? I know it's a wet room but still need a curtain to prevent water everywhere, also would it not be better to fit the handrails after the person moved in, as disabled people have different ways of grabbing rails etc, so what might work for one person may not necessarily work for someone else, so the positions could be wrong, also the floor looks very flat, does it have a slight dip near drainage so that the water is not going everywhere? THE GARAGE .... would it not be better to have a roofed carport area, as there are so many different types of motability vehicles with adaptions, like I have a side lift and if I drove my vehicle into a garage I would not be able to get lift out, although it looks a roomy garage, just make more sense to have a nice roofed carport. THE LAUNDRY ROOM .... again lovely idea but it's not that wheelchair accessible, the iron board lovely as it is, is a waste of time, for one is there a plug next to ironing board, two would be difficult for wheelchair user to pull it down, thirdly it looks roomy with you standing behind it, but in a wheelchair there is not much room to manoeuvre and if you need to go fetch another garment to iron, say if you forgot to grab something you would have to put the whole thing away to get out, bit of a safety risk there too! THE EMTY WHEELCHAIR ... please DO NOT USE AN EMPTY WHEELCHAIR IN YOUR VIDEO pushing it around the home like a walking frame, would it not have been much nicer to ask a wheelchair user to come and assess the home and help do the video with you, more of a personal touch and they could have helped you make the small changes etc that may need to be done, and not just an able bodied person to sit in the chair, an everyday wheelchair user, myself as a wheelchair user would love opportunities like these to educate, make awareness to people who don't know what it's like, I would happily volunteer, it infuriates me that government want disabled to be more in working places, but how can we be when people don't give us opportunities, or jobs that disabled people should be doing are taken by able bodied people. I do work as a checkout assistant in Tesco, but I would rather have a job promoting awareness or helping other disabled people etc. Anyway on the whole it is a wonderful home for a wheelchair user and great that thought has gone into it, but next time get a WHEELIE in to really show us how good it is.

[@beutfulflwr6245]

Loved your comment!! Exactly on point!

[@carlosladner3181]

Fr. I just seen another one that was supposed to be an Ada accessible home, and it was about size of a back of a pickup truck probably and I seriously doubt it was ada approved dont know how they got away with that 1. The bathroom was absolutely nightmare, and the worst part they want is $65000 it was maybe worth about 5000. I told them they should be ashamed of themselves, but yeah, get somebody's that's an actual wheelchair user to evaluate these places. It really irritates me, because, like even the medical supply places you ask it for a catheter or something they have no idea what you're talking about. I mean, at least hire people that know what they're selling.

[@RobinP556]

As a paraplegic of 26 years I see that you put a lot of work into the house, but there are some elements that to me don’t make any sense. The 2 that really stuck out are the shower area that has a commode in the middle of it and an oven in the kitchen that’s too low to be used by anyone except the very lowest level paraplegics due to our lack of trunk muscles and the inability to reach down and with any margin of safety remove something hot from the oven. Some parts of it are fantastic, but those and a few other features seem to designed by someone that’s not a spinal cord injury without any input from someone that is a spinal cord injury.

[@ChrisPage68]

That's a toilet. I have one in my wet room.

[@gidi1899]

Just want to say, as a person focused half his life on home construction that wants a stranger in a stranger place with many disabilities to enter the home I constructed and feel the world is at it's most consideration. (heat adjust, rails, a tree, house work with setups that promote proper workout to take place instead of constant leaning, why not all sinks be more like tables with leg room) homes should be built for many generations!! => homes should be built to support future disabilities also for future residents!! If a person can't reach a cetrain hieght and a certain low - then building a home should be aimed to store daily used objects in that range. (and we can do so much now in home building with dinamic hieght shifting). You might say it's not econimical for a fleeting present to build for the future, and that ok, but if compromizes are made they must have a growing record to allow them to be settled in the future. => If you decide not to build for cetrain disabilities it needs to be advertized up front! Gonna find out how to influence the standards for home building (in as many countries I can) And I seriously doubt wars and voilence could keep their extremes when most if not all people and animals have a realy good home for many generations. so put money in homes instead of cameras. (sorry I bubble)

[@michellesellick6827]

Beautiful provides everything, plenty of space and ultra modern

[@tonywalker5681]

Needless to say, it would be my dream home.

[@rashmibidari-x4t]

I am from Nepal ....i amhandicap suffering kidney disease i love this place

[@Izzy-Maurer]

A lot of thought clearly went into this, but it's also pretty clear that there wasn't a wheelchair user on the design team. There are so many small things that people who live life stood up wouldn't have realised were problems! Obvious things like the floor being smooth throughout the entire house are great and should be standard, and anyone who's ever seen a wheelchair user try to get over a doorstep could see that. But that oven is all wrong - people in wheelchairs can't lean down far enough to open and close that door. I was vaguely hoping for an oven with a horizontally opening door, but even then it's too low for taking things in and out to be any kind of easy or safe. And while the ironing board is a nice feature, the latch that holds it against the wall is too high for somebody sat in a wheelchair without very long arms to reach. And the sinks are all great for using while in a chair, apart from the laundry room sink, which is just sat in a regular cabinet. It's a lovely idea, but every single detail should have had someone who it would apply to looking at it, and it didn't.

[@MrPillowStudios]

Wheelchair homes sound pretty cool.

[@ChelseaStarkPhotography]

Great video. Would love to see what you would come up with for someone who is blind or visually impaired.

[@TrashyQuery]

@Christina Hayles I remember once watching a video about a congenitally blind boy, I learnt a lot about how his brain made maps to navigate everything. I've also seen anectodes about some blind people who used smells to know where they were too. Thus, I personally believe there should be modern inventions based around such sight differences. A house perfectly designed for ultimate efficiency for blind people isn't a mainstream yet. In my mind, i imagine really cool design ergonomics and lay of wall features could feel super pleasing, could be more intuitive, and minimize excessive navigation(like making sure the important things are the easiest to go between for use i.e fridge from the table or bathroom from the bed), as well as be aesthetically pleasing to non-blind people (something that not many disability accessibility allow for is seamless integration into abled spaces. Standardised switch heights and braille signs make some tasks much more efficient. A truly good architect would accept this challenge with relish.

[@TrashyQuery]

@Christina Hayles please don't deny blind people's abilities. They live with diagnosis for reasons. They are definitely classified as in the disability community. There's nothing wrong with being disabled. And "handicap" is a highly outdated definition. We use things like "not abled" "different abilities" "disabled" and I know the blind community refer to themselves as blind proudly. So it's not "handicap" and pretending that disabled people aren't disabled doesn't help us overcome the barriers to our lives

[@TrashyQuery]

@Christina Hayles you said they aren't handicap. I'm saying you shouldn't call people handicap unless they say that themselves. And if by "not handicap" you're trying to say that they "aren't disabled" . I'm m telling you that being blind is a recognised disability, that has lots of effects of the disability you need to manage. So it's well and good to say someone isn't disabled, but that by default denies and invalidates the help they need to overcome the barriers of their Disability. Also I'm a man, BRO.

[@TrashyQuery]

@Christina Hayles your first comment on this thread says "they aren't handicapped". They are disabled. How hard is it for your little brain to understand? lololol I've explained it two times, you did imply because of some blind people's abilities that you don't consider them handicapped. They aren't handicapped because handicapped is not a good word to describe disabled people and handicapped increased negative stigma. You did imply because of their capacities to adjust that they aren't disabled, when they are disabled regardless of how well they navigate the world they still have a diagnosis from a doctor for their Disability. I can't handle the stupidity so I'm not gonna explain it a third time.

[@rowanv1504]

That door latch is really not accessible. Plenty of quads or folks with other neurological issues won’t be able to use a pinch grip to turn it. A much better test of whether or not a latch is accessible is to try to open something with just your wrist.

[@jobellecollie7139]

It doesn’t sound (by accent) that finding this home Alabama, USA! I’m tired of showering outside my current home, which is not a/c adapted. My microwave is in the range hood! I have a TBI, Parkinson’s, hemiplegic migraines and my feet cannot support my weight. So I drag myself to the floor to use the loo, and drag myself to the loo, and pull myself up. I own a full-size van, but it’s 9 1/2 tall and a standard 8 ft garage door is useless! I’d like to live my end days in a home that works for me. I’m a 100% service connected, permanent and totally disabled US vet. Sadly, I served AFTER Vietnam but PRIOR to 9/11, so my us va said there is nothing for my era of service, it was complete PEACETIME, and I was just the pilot dropping ordinance on minor conflicts! Do you know any builders like you, who can build in Alabama? The builders (most commonly used to build and are established in my area) and EVERY ONE of them said “No!” To my requests. Also, most HOA’s feel they can override the ADA Law! Help! Please?

[@beutfulflwr6245]

Thank you so much for your service. The same thing here in NC. I’m trying to find someone to redo my home to be more accessible. My bathroom is from the 50’s has a curved tub that normal people even have issues with but trying to find someone to make it usable with limited income... well that hasn’t happened yet.

[@kendraowen2841]

Ironing board should be installed next to the door not where it is. With it pulled down it kinda traps you between the board and the counter. If you need to go do something in the middle of ironing you have to completely dismantle your ironing and put everything away so that you can get to the door ... then get it back out again. If the board is installed next to the door it isn't blocking the doorway ... a person could just roll away to go answer the door or whatever without doing anything but putting the iron in a spot where it is safe. Then return to the ironing without a bunch of fuss.

[@LY43537]

Trying to find references for universal living is so difficult. Thank you for making this video.

[@vickymc9695]

Needs a shower chair. You don't want a normal wheelchair to go under a shower, the back's rot.

[@loretta62baca]

Vicky Mc . Hopefully the person who will be living in it will have his/her own shower chair. What you want a built in shower chair ?

[@ChrisPage68]

I have a shower wheelchair.

[@kellieashman6908]

Vicky Mc I agree, I will never understand why or how people think you’re supposed to have a shower sitting in your wheelchair. A bench seat fixed to the wall is by far the better option and such a simple idea but so few people get it

[@Nathaliechameleon]

Wish I could move there very ahead ofinclusive and accessible design

[@resmisingh3762]

What would be the price.... Nice have wheelchair Accessible house.. Nice

[@DebyCedars]

Do they have these in the USA????? If so where?????

[@Rockhopper1]

exactly what I need, currently living in a spare room with my sister in a standard house. This bungalow would be perfect. UK housing market sucks, too expensive and thought about disabled people and no accessibility

[@tsehayatomsa5913]

Wow bless you man

[@mariarbrown3956]

Fantastic ideas

[@宋揚-g4v]

he should intro the house with seating in the wheelie

[@Hi-wu1se]

Why use a hospital chair as a demonstration? Nobody who is disabled will ever use a hospital chair long term

[@tammyswauger7470]

Wow very nice

[@tammylain7754]

ps not sure the door from the garage to the house is wide enough. Aim for at least 90 cm.

[@slade01gaming59]

I guess it’s ok if u are a millionaire

[@melodycabije]

Great video.

[@Budreed-77]

Unfortunately everyone cant afford this house not like the government cares about people like me and others who live in apartments i haven't take a shower in over a year but its wishful thinking to have one of those

[@helenselander8110]

Dear Willie, I, too, live my life from a wheelchair. But one thing I am certain about--I ALWAYS have the support system I need because I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons). If you need help, call the Mormons. It's what we do. It's who we are. You can find the closest church in your area on lds.org. (Look up "find a meetinghouse" in the searchbox, and it will provide you with a phone number for your local bishop. Or that bishop will help you find the one who is closest to you.) Good luck, and God bless, Helen p.s. Just to clarify, you don't have to BE a Mormon to be helped by them.

[@LincolnRon]

If you are in the USA there are government programs that will help you. If you ask your landlord they might meet your needs without needing any government assistance. Myself personally I rent a house. I asked my landlord to put in a wheelchair ramp & install grab bars for the bathroom. He had the ramp & grab bars installed before I even got out of the hospital & didn't charge for them. I was able to get a shower bench, toilet bars & a wheelchair for free through the VA. (The VA is only for military veterans.) But there are other organizations (local & state) that can help if you can't afford what you need.

[@susanmiller7472]

@@LincolnRon Not, for everyone. Accessibility is a daily fight, for me, and many others.

[@ChrisPage68]

@@LincolnRon Most private landlords would run the other way instead of helping you, in my experience.

[@LincolnRon]

@@ChrisPage68 There are laws against that.(Americans with Disabilities Act of 1989) It's cheaper and less risky to comply with the law than to try and avoid it, especially if you own a lot of rental units. Why risk all your rentals over a couple of thousand dollars? (Not even one thousand dollars if they do the work themselves.)

[@MayramMorales-ug7gl]

This was supposed to have been part of a housing grant, housing grant selections initiatives YEARS AGO, as to why most young and older individuals are aging at a faster rate Their mobility Their calcium and other health conditions that is a part of International national real health concerns

[@cy184]

👌👌🌷

[@ChrisPage68]

Fabulous - can you ship it out to the UK? 😜

[@gidi1899]

First Link when searching (homes for people using wheelchairs). some really cool things, some stupid, some are just designed by different people?! (Where is the leg room under the second sink?!)

[@carolg3605]

That shower sucks. I don't want the toilet getting all wet every time I shower.

[@tammylain7754]

Yes great attempt. But you obviously never had a person in a wheel chair in there. The toilet has to be even farther from the wall, so that toilet chair can be on either side. Secondly- the oven is too low. Thirdly- adjustable height on all tables, including kitchen counter is needed. Around the bed, there has to be a way to get into the bed- so instead of a side board sticking out, a grip handle is a good idea (of course that can be added later) But he other things cannot as it is a part of the design. You did not need to pay for an expert- Just ask a few people in wheelchairs to wheel around and tell you would have helped. I often find the "standard" law prescripts often are not good enough- Also- some people have bigger, much bigger wheelchairs than what you have shown. So nice try. Great to think of this type of housing as it is needed.

[@beutfulflwr6245]

👍💗

[@cherylgoodman4360]

We are interested in the idea of moving to the Jacksonville area to live in a multigenerational accessible home with our son(wheelchair user) and daughter-in-law and adult daughter. We are retired and would like to be close to our adult children in a home where we can age-in-place. Also, we don’t have an unlimited budget, so buying a huge home is not in our budget.we would need two first floor bedroom with en suite bathrooms. Two more bedrooms and a bath could be upstairs. Any suggestions or comments as to the feasibility of this idea?

[@dawnolivier5003]

Where you located ????

[@еленаболотова-п1щ]

спасибо за видео. У нас в России вообще нет жилья, приспособленного для инвалидов.

[@aspenedgewalker]

I have a daughter in a power chair with DMD. I’m looking for ADA adaptations for a not so independent person. My daughter would need a ceiling lift for all transfers. Do you have a video/link for something like that?

[@MichaelFloodSr]

A high-rise toilet would not work for someone who uses a commode chair. As a high-level paraplegic I can't sit on a toilet seat, I must use a wheelchair with an open seat.

[@daphnebrooks8916]

Amen💗

[@design2262]

Love!

[@ewheeled9786]

Those trim boards at the floor of each wall would be very annoying and also they would be chew to absolute oblivion especially on the corners. Please cease that practice immediately. They will constantly snag the push rims.

[@loretta62baca]

E Wheeled, Are so drunk everyday that you can't maneuver your chair around without running into the baseboards (trim) lmao!

[@TrashyQuery]

@@loretta62baca not drunk, many people have coordination issues. Many people with paraplegia don't have full hand function. When my hands go, I can't steer that precisely. All my hallways are average sized rn in my house, the edges are gone and a line all through my house on the walls where the bolts on my wheels emboss a scratch into the baseboards lol

[@sofiamohamed8835]

Very nice how to got like this i am Handclap but I can’t afford it 😭

[@احمدالحر-ر9ن]

Inshaa Allah in junat

[@euhdaccord4462]

@@احمدالحر-ر9ن there is no disease or handicap in Janna...

[@احمدالحر-ر9ن]

@@euhdaccord4462 I mean every wish will be true

[@euhdaccord4462]

@@احمدالحر-ر9ن haha. Ok. True then.

[@babababaahmadi6408]

Verry nice

[@1lady4peace1]

The video would be better if you got rid of the music. People watch this type of video for the info, not the entertainment! At least SPEAK UP!!! The music drowns out much of the discussion, so some of the data is lost!

[@ET13666]

I agree. I have trouble filtering different sounds from each other. Also, I couldn't help but notice there were no subtitles (the automated ones don't count, they are extremely inaccurate, especially for the Australian accent)

[@moniquehandy7103]

Nice but how much is rent for one of these homes?

[@MrKErocks]

Was that CARPET in the bedroom? And what about that weird raised sink in the bathroom? So many things not good for folks in wheelchairs...

[@imho2278]

And a lawn out the back ? Dig your wheels in! And how do you raise the clothesline???

[@pwjackson40]

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[@rashadhill9838]

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢😢😮😮😮what’s up

[@katherinebache8030]

They got so much wrong!

[@Izzy-Maurer]

A lot of thought clearly went into this, but it's also pretty clear that there wasn't a wheelchair user on the design team. There are so many small things that people who live life stood up wouldn't have realised were problems! Obvious things like the floor being smooth throughout the entire house are great and should be standard, and anyone who's ever seen a wheelchair user try to get over a doorstep could see that. But that oven is all wrong - people in wheelchairs can't lean down far enough to open and close that door. I was vaguely hoping for an oven with a horizontally opening door, but even then it's too low for taking things in and out to be any kind of easy or safe. And while the ironing board is a nice feature, the latch that holds it against the wall is too high for somebody sat in a wheelchair without very long arms to reach. And the sinks are all great for using while in a chair, apart from the laundry room sink, which is just sat in a regular cabinet. It's a lovely idea, but every single detail should have had someone who it would apply to looking at it, and it didn't.

[@ChrisPage68]

Seconded! It's amazing how many of these "accessibility" companies don't employ Disabled people. I would be more inclined to hire one that was run by a Disabled person.

[@theillogicalpunk5752]

Yep sutch a shame

[@Chasegotgame]

I'm glad that I seen your post. I always see things like this, and often think the same. Being that the project is built for a wheelchair user. It seems like a person in a wheelchair was not on board during the build of the project. Thanks for your post.

[@TrashyQuery]

I used to think that architects were making actually Disability accessible houses ... Then I found out(in my country anyways) that there are Suggested standardised disability criteria, that architects can ensure their build fits within those disability accessibility guidelines. The list of suggestions for the house to be disability accessible has less than 10 steps in my country. This house has met all the criteria of my countries architects professional standardising guidelines for disability accessibility. Ultimately building companies like this, use those guidelines, to market a house exactly like this with a big flourish of "approved disability accessible". So yeah legally considered disability accessible, but literally not accessible for most people sadly The disability accessibility building codes here, do not stipulate anything about fridges or sinks or accessible storage areas. The codes seem to cover things like rails for doors and bathroom, not allowing stairs, and minimum width and length of any hallway or room(wheelchair turning circle, I assume).

[@renaparker4579]

OddUndeniably, you are absolutely right. I was looking at some of the things, like the ironing board+ thinking, no too high. I am looking at places now, as my husband + I are downsizing.