Freedom by Design is a volunteer organization that surveys homes, identifies barriers that seriously affect the safety of a person in their home and their quality of life. Solutions to eliminate these barriers are found and then implemented. The mission of Freedom by Design is to radically impact peoples lives by giving them access to their homes through simple design and construction solutions. Volunteers survey homes to identify built obstacles that prevent access to areas within a person's home. Once these obstacles have been identified, they are prioritized and solutions are found to eliminate these barriers.
Priority is given to barriers that create life-safety issues.
Second priority is given to quality of life issues. Due to a limited amount of resources, there are instances where not all of the identified barriers can be eliminated. In those cases, the project team will determine with the recipients which solutions can be accomplished with the resources available. Many of the barriers being discussed can be eliminated through simple, low cost alterations. Rooms can be made accessible by installing new levered hardware.