We have been waiting a very long time to move into our new home, which
has been made especially with my disability in mind. All doorways and corridors
are wide enough to take a wheelchair, and the light switches low enough for me
to reach should I at some point in the future be wheelchair bound. Trying to
think of everything to make life as easy as possible in my situation whilst
making a home with relatively low maintenance and thinking 'green' takes a
great deal of thought and research. My husband must have a diploma by now in
disabled friendly appliances, home requirements and restrictions and
regulations. Stress being the number one antagonist for Parkinson's, thanks to
my very thoughtful caring husband, I have been kept away from the many anxieties
and worries involved with building a house. I have merely had the pleasure of
choosing the colour of floor tiles, the colour of the paint for the inside and
outside walls and other accessories. I must admit I felt like an idiot when the
salesman told us to try out the toilets. My husband looked at me as if I was
mad. "You can stand and talk in front of a few hundred people about Gaucher and Parkinson with no hesitation, and you won't sit on a toilet
in a shop?" he said, laughing at me. Seeing he had a point, I reluctantly
sat on a toilet in the showroom, my face turning beetroot red; embarrassed
beyond belief, as other customers milled around looking at the various bathroom
fixtures on show. However, once seated I
could feel there was a great difference between the heights of various toilets.
Clearly choosing the right height toilet when disabled, is of great importance,
so shedding my prudish behaviour, I brazenly went ahead and sat on several more
until finding the most comfortable one. We then chose sturdy stainless steel
bars which will be affixed to the wall next to the toilet and in the shower. What
our bathroom will lack in style and chic design, will more than make up for in
safety, low maintenance and comfort especially designed for yours truly.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Disabled friendly home
We have been waiting a very long time to move into our new home, which
has been made especially with my disability in mind. All doorways and corridors
are wide enough to take a wheelchair, and the light switches low enough for me
to reach should I at some point in the future be wheelchair bound. Trying to
think of everything to make life as easy as possible in my situation whilst
making a home with relatively low maintenance and thinking 'green' takes a
great deal of thought and research. My husband must have a diploma by now in
disabled friendly appliances, home requirements and restrictions and
regulations. Stress being the number one antagonist for Parkinson's, thanks to
my very thoughtful caring husband, I have been kept away from the many anxieties
and worries involved with building a house. I have merely had the pleasure of
choosing the colour of floor tiles, the colour of the paint for the inside and
outside walls and other accessories. I must admit I felt like an idiot when the
salesman told us to try out the toilets. My husband looked at me as if I was
mad. "You can stand and talk in front of a few hundred people about Gaucher and Parkinson with no hesitation, and you won't sit on a toilet
in a shop?" he said, laughing at me. Seeing he had a point, I reluctantly
sat on a toilet in the showroom, my face turning beetroot red; embarrassed
beyond belief, as other customers milled around looking at the various bathroom
fixtures on show. However, once seated I
could feel there was a great difference between the heights of various toilets.
Clearly choosing the right height toilet when disabled, is of great importance,
so shedding my prudish behaviour, I brazenly went ahead and sat on several more
until finding the most comfortable one. We then chose sturdy stainless steel
bars which will be affixed to the wall next to the toilet and in the shower. What
our bathroom will lack in style and chic design, will more than make up for in
safety, low maintenance and comfort especially designed for yours truly.
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