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Gardening and Disability

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:17:20 -0400

Let’s be honest. Gardening and disability aren’t always the most compatible things in nature. Tilling, hoeing, and all the various activities involved with bring life from the earth can be a big hassle when you’re in a wheelchair. But my Virgo roots have this insatiable need to plant stuff and wa

UD in the built environment

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:47:06 -0500

Much has been written and said about the concept of Universal Design and most of it is confusing and often counter intuitive. The reason that the gross weight of what has been published is centered in the single family home environment is that the concept lacks or rather the publishers miss the cor

Family

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:39:46 -0500

That’s my granddad and grandma. They came over from Italy. They are the first family I remember except for my mother. Family is important and fleeting and becoming more distant. I am a father and a husband. Beyond that it is much less clear. I had polio in 1952. Walked with braces and crutches

Abby the service Dog

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:49:39 -0500

That’s Abby my service dog. Were growing old together. Abby joined my life about eight years ago when I had some surgery to my neck. Megan (the mountain girl) gave her to me for Father’s day. Marvin Mason trained her. I was doing some consulting for some Vets at the time who wanted to start a s