The Center for Universal Design . The place to learn about universal or accessible design. The Home Modification Action Project . Includes helpful articles on accessibility and home modification.
Doorways stand wide enough for wheelchairs.
Sinks and doors sport levers, not knobs, to ease the strain on arthritic hands. The master bedroom and bath are on the same level as the main entrance, so stairs will never bar access. As baby boomers age, they're thinking more about the joys of a stairless home and less about a basement wine cellar. According to its tenets, a building must welcome everyone, from spry to frail to disabled. Universal design sprang from the movement to make buildings accessible to people with disabilities.