True wheelchair accessibility, not tokenism

[iteles]

There are a few laws around accessibility minimum requirements, but the problem with these is that they create token accessibility, where the requirements are met, but life is still made difficult for anyone who has disabilities.

This is a 'living issue' which needs more research and should capture all the areas where wheelchair accessibility needs to be specifically taken into account.

NOTE: There are many different types of disability of course and all of these should be taken into account throughout the house. If you have some thoughts on making other things more accessible, please open an issue!

Areas of thought

• Access to home
• Reduced mobility room
• Reduced mobility bathroom
• Access to kitchen (1st floor) - elevator & widening of doors
• Workstation in kitchen
• Access to co-working room
• Work station

It was this choice of mirror for a disabled bathroom in a London hostel (hung at 140cm) that prompted me to open this issue sooner rather than later given we've already been planning it into the build for so long!

[iteles]

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-communication/inclusive-language-words-to-use-and-avoid-when-writing-about-disability

[MZorzy]

lots of idea and suggestions splited by room, in Italian language but take a look ;-)
http://www.abitazioniecologiche.it/abitabile-intro.html

[nelsonic]

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44061522

My objective with building an Accessible, Affordable and Open Source kitchen using the readily available (IKEA) parts and a single sheet of plywood is to show that it's not only possible but easy to make every kitchen wheelchair accessible.
(Yes, the Kitchen is not the most complex/difficult part of accessible living, but it's a start. See: #54)

Crucially the fact that we are making the the kitchen from-scratch and UX-testing it ourselves,
if anything about it is not good, we will iterate and improve it rapidly based on feedback!