This is a great report about a journalist in Chile who undertook living as a disabled person for two weeks. Even if you don’t understand a word of Spanish, the videos of his experiences will speak for themselves about the types of obstacles disabled people face every day in both their homes and in public. We are fortunate in the US that public spaces are generally much more accessible than in Chile, but the same cannot be said about our housing stock. As our population ages, more and more people will find themselves disabled to some extent and start to face these kinds of issues.
Contact me today if you’re ready to evaluate your own home for accessibility as you and your loved ones age or cope with disabling illness, and to make necessary changes to enable greater independence for longer.
Universal/accessible design just makes sense – for everyone.
“One becomes an architect of spaces” is the translation of the title.
I suggest going to the original post as there are three videos there cataloging the entire project and the lengths to which Fernando Lasalvia went to in order to expose the degree of the problem of inaccessible spaces and to raise awareness.