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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Steinfeld, Edward <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:28
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'Kormos'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Visitaccess] FW:
Planetizen Article on Accessible Housing</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>This is a chart from a paper we
commissioned:</span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Demographics of Wheeled Mobility Device Users</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>By</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mitchell P. LaPlante, Ph.D.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Associate Adjunct Professor</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Disability</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> Statistics Center</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>University</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> of California</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>3333 California Street</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>, Room 340</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>San Francisco</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>, CA 94118</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>October 7, 2003</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Figure 1. Proportion of the
population unable to or having some difficulty walking by themselves, and use
of assistive devices, by age: United States 1995-1997</span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><img width=658 height=465 src="cid:image002.gif@01C7A753.DFF618C0"></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This paper is being updated for publication in a journal. From the
graph you can find the incidence of mobility impairment at any age. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Edward Steinfeld, Arch.D., AIA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Professor of Architecture and Director</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Center for Inclusive Design and
Environmental Access School of Architecture and Planning</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>University at Buffalo, State University of New York</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tel. 716 829 3485 (x327)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fax. 716 829 3861</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>email address:<a
href="mailto:arced@buffalo.edu">arced@buffalo.edu</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>IDEA</span></font><font size=2
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color:navy'> Center</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> website: <a
href="http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea">www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea</a> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Kormos
[mailto:lkormos@nycap.rr.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 04, 2007 10:23
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Steinfeld, Edward;
VisitAccess@cnunext.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Visitaccess] FW:
Planetizen Article on Accessible Housing</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Edward,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Isn't it be possible to calculate
statistically the probability of being mobility disabled during your adult
lifetime. It would be interesting to calculate the probability of both your
own disability and also that of having a close family member with a
disability (parents, grandparent, child) at any given point in time.
Adding that factor would show how common this is in families. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>This year my 90 year old uncle visited our
home in a wheel chair. My 84 year old father in law walks with a
cane and can not do stairs. He lives in a retirement community
nearby and visits our home often staying the weekend. Luckily
I built my two story home with 36 inch wide doors, a single step into
the house from the garage (the builder said I couldn't do at grade in
1994) and a first floor study/guest room and first floor full
bathroom. The added cost was minimal.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Just drive around a typical older
neighorhood and see how many people have installed ramps. I just don't
understand the resistance from those building new single family
construction. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Liz Kormos<br>
President<br>
Kormos and Company LLC<br>
12 Overlook Drive<br>
Voorheesville, NY 12186<br>
<br>
518-439-8903<br>
518-466-8904 cell<br>
<br>
lkormos@KormosandCompany.com<br>
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</span></font> </p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org [mailto:visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org]<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Steinfeld, Edward<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 04, 2007 7:01
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> VisitAccess@cnunext.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Visitaccess] FW:
Planetizen Article on Accessible Housing</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The % of people who have a mobility
impairment is cross sectional data – it doesn’t tell us who is at
risk or who will eventually have such an impairment over the course of their
life. Since houses last a long time, we have to take the long view. The % over
65 IS important because older people have a much high probability of having a
mobility impairment than the rest of the population. They are a large portion
of the population at risk. Moreover, they will drive the market for accessibility
because, due to the experience with their parents, this generation is much more
aware of the importance of access for aging in place. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Edward Steinfeld, Arch.D., AIA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Professor of Architecture and Director</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Center for Inclusive Design and
Environmental Access School of Architecture and Planning</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>University at Buffalo, State University of New York</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tel. 716 829 3485 (x327)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Fax. 716 829 3861</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>email address:<a
href="mailto:arced@buffalo.edu">arced@buffalo.edu</a></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>IDEA</span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Center</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> website: <a
href="http://www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea">www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea</a> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org [mailto:visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Bruce F. Donnelly<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 04, 2007 6:53
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> CNU VisitAccess<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Visitaccess] Planetizen
Article on Accessible Housing</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>I’m
immediately skeptical when someone uses irrelevant statistics. The
percentage of people over 65 isn’t relevant; the percentage of people
with mobility disabilities is. </span></font></a></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>Too static <->
“Life” <-> Too noisy</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>--Christopher Langton</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>Bruce F. Donnelly</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'>216 470 9348</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org [mailto:visitaccess-bounces@cnunext.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Todd McLeod<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 04, 2007 4:02
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> visitaccess@cnunext.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Visitaccess] Planetizen
Article on Accessible Housing</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The linked article on accessibility for single-family
housing was posted to Planetizen last Tuesday, and includes a reference to Eleanor Smith and “Concrete Change.”</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.planetizen.com/node/24729">http://www.planetizen.com/node/24729</a></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Todd McLeod, E.I.</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Civil Design, Inc.</span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial'>The Guaranty Building</span></font></p>
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