> Hi Jay, > > > One big thing we need is that the house must be wheelchair/walker friendly. > > Hand rails in the hallways, half walls, grab bars in the bathrooms, wider > doorways, and wheelchair-friendly flooring come to mind, and perhaps a kitchen > counter without legs at the corners nor drawers or sides to prevent the > wheelchair from rolling under the counter. Sliding doors are much easier than > doors on hinges too, and/or automatic door openers. Thanks. We've thought of the hand rails and grab bars. Wider doorways will have to be negotiated with the builder. 30" seems standard here, I'd prefer 36" or more. For one thing we have this big honking hospital bed to move... > Also, if you have some $26,000 US, consider one of those electric, > stair-climbing wheelchairs Dean Kamen developed: > > I've been reading reviews on them from the wheelchair crowd, and while they are nice, they also have some usability problems. > or, depending on your wife's abilities, even the new tilt-to-turn Segway: > or perhaps the seated Segway: Interesting, but more expensive that traditional alternatives. -- D. Jay Newman ! Author of: jay@sprucegrove.com ! _Linux Robotics: Building Smarter Robots_ http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! "A backward poet writes inverse." -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist