Episodes:

114: Pathway Width and Slope

Exploring the details and benefits of a wide pathway and minimal slope and cross-slope for exterior pathways.

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114: Pathway Width and Slope
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113: Parking and Pathway Lighting

Learn why even lighting + remote/automatic activation of light sources are important for safety and convenience in parking areas and pathways to any home.

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113: Parking and Pathway Lighting
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112: Parking and Pathway Surfaces

When considering parking areas and routes to any entrance of a home, the surfaces should be even, solid, well maintained, slip-resistant, and not steep.

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112: Parking and Pathway Surfaces
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111: Covered Parking and Garage Access

We discuss the importance of covered and enclosed parking spaces, power door openers, and the height of garages and carports for tasks in parking areas.

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111: Covered Parking and Garage Access
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110: Parking Space Size, Clearance, and Slope

We discuss how the details of where a vehicle parks, the space around it, and how the slope impacts everyday tasks that take place in garages, driveways, parking spaces, and more.

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110: Parking Space Size, Clearance, and Slope
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109: Why Most Homes Fail – The Supply Problem

Prep Episode #3. Learn about the mismatch in our housing stock and why everyone benefits from universally accessible homes.

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109: Why Most Homes Fail – The Supply Problem
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108: The OT Lens – Activity Analysis of the Home

Prep episode 2 of 3. Learn an OT’s process of breaking down everyday tasks into their individual steps to identify exactly what a person needs to do — physically, visually, and cognitively — and where the environment helps or gets in the way.

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108: The OT Lens – Activity Analysis of the Home
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107: What Universal Design Actually Means

Prep episode 1 of 3 in our new series going through every element, system, and room of a home from an OT lens! We explore what UD is how it applies to everyone.

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107: What Universal Design Actually Means
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106: Home Survey Feedback Results & Free Resources

OTD student, Alexis, showcases her work in a free home mods funding resource and reports on what changes to expect in our recently reviewed home mods tool.

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106: Home Survey Feedback Results & Free Resources
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105: Accessibility of Public Transportation

We chat about the realities & resources available for navigating buses, para-transit, rail systems, & ride shares when traveling around town with a disability.

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105: Accessibility of Public Transportation
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104: Adapting Gardening Indoors

It’s important to do things we enjoy at all ages and abilities! OT student, Alexis, shares tips & tricks that make it easier when taking care of indoor plants!

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104: Adapting Gardening Indoors
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103: UD and Me: Alexis Girata

Personal experiences often lead us into work related projects that take on a new meaning! Learn about Alexis, her story, and her OT project this semester.

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103: UD and Me: Alexis Girata
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