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Sleepless nights of fear – one family’s story of inaccessible housing
Danielle Faulkner, is the mother of James, 5, who lives with hydrocephalus, water on the brain. Read about her battle to find a suitable home for James, and how their currently unsuitable, inaccessible home impacts their lives literally and emotionally, every day.
Read Sleepless nights of fear – one family’s story of inaccessible housing…Disabled people need viable, long-term, affordable housing
Our Insight Group member Chris Hicken gives an insight into what effect living in a wheelchair user home has had on his quality of life, and the struggles a disabled person faces when searching for suitable long-term housing.
Can Housing Occupational Therapists help bridge the gap between designers & developers, & desirable, appropriately built & marketed wheelchair user homes?
Housing occupational therapist Jacquel Runnalls believes they can. Read what she has to say.
Read Can Housing Occupational Therapists help bridge the gap between designers & developers, & desirable, appropriately built & marketed wheelchair user homes?…What can we do to provide more wheelchair-accessible homes?
Charlotte Watson, Senior Policy Advisor at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), says Accessible Homes Week is a great time to reflect on the past, present and future of creating homes that cater to all.
Read What can we do to provide more wheelchair-accessible homes?…With most older people likely to age in mainstream housing, Government must act now on M4(2)/M4(3) homes
Age UK’s Housing Policy Manager, Lisabel Miles, discusses the transformational effects of wheelchair user homes, and why, unless accessible building standards are mandatory, developers incorporating accessibility will not have a level playing field as they bid for land.
Read With most older people likely to age in mainstream housing, Government must act now on M4(2)/M4(3) homes…Is the institutionalisation of disabled people coming back?
Philip Barton lives in an M4(3) wheelchair user home owned and managed by a housing association Philip sheds a light on some of the issues surrounding a lack of wheelchair user homes.
Read Is the institutionalisation of disabled people coming back?…
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