TACKLES TOUGH QUESTIONS
Annie Mitchell reached out to the Resource Center for accessible gardening ideas two years after becoming a paraplegic.
She ended up
with several ideas for home modifications and other hacks that Bill Fertig and his
team came up with to enhance her quality of life.
“We try to
phone people, rather than email,” Fertig said.
“Rather than
answering a quick question from a category on a form, it gives us the
opportunity to chat and respond more fully and directly.
Hers was a
typical case where we were able to identify so many areas of information that
she could utilize comprehensively.
When our information
specialists make direct personal contact with people, very good things happen.”
On the gardening end, the team suggested a short-handled gardening rake for
gardening from a wheelchair.
The
gardening chat let to simple home modifications such as:
Spring hinge
pins for exterior doors to simplify door opening/closing from a wheelchair
Adding a
magnetic catch to the back of the door to keep the door open when needed.
Fold-down
kitchen cabinet rack choices for quick accessibility to upper kitchen cabinets.
Vanity drain
and trap options to facilitate roll-under bathroom vanity access.
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