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AARP
Universal Design Home Modifications
This site discusses how to make homes accessible for all ages, it
also includes a checklist to assess your own home and suggestions of solutions.
http://www.aarp.org/families/home_design/
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Accessible
Home Ramp Manual
How to Build Wheelchair Ramps for Homes is a manual of design and
construction for modular wheelchair ramps.
http://www.wheelchairramp.org/
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Alpha
One Maine's "Access Design" Service
Alpha One has a service called "Access Design" that provides
technical assistance for design professionals, builders and developers.
They also maintain a listing of contractors and workers who consumers
have recommended. Alpha One does not screen or recommend anyone on this
list; however, you can obtain the list (includes name, address and phone
numbers) and screen them yourself. To obtain the list, call Alpha One
(it is not available electronically) at (800) 640-7200. To find out about
the "Access Design" service, link to
http://www.alpha-one.org/index.php?page=housing
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Center for Inclusive Design & Environmental Access
Gallery of "Bright Ideas" offers examples of modification products
and possible "bright" ideas.
http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea/Brightideas/index.asp
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Concrete
Change
This site is focused on changing current building practices to make
homes visit-able and accessible for all people.
http://www.concretechange.org
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HUD's
(Housing and Urban Development) "People with Disabilities" Page
This site provides links to information, resources, and fair housing
laws.
http://www.hud.gov/groups/disabilities.cfm
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National
Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification
This site includes basic listings of organizations in every state
that can assist with home modification.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/gero/nrcshhm/directory/
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National
Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification
This group is focused on aging in place and independent living and
provides some resources to meet those goals.
http://www.homemods.org/
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New
England ADA & Accessible IT Center
One of ten regional disability and business technical assistance centers
funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR).
http://adaptiveenvironments.org/neada/site/home
