The house demonstrates accessible house modifications and related accessible furniture, fixtures, appliances, equipment and technology. The house is staffed and operated by Midstate Independent Living Consultants, a national organization that specializes in providing resources to people with disabilities and physical limitations. They are knowledgable about all the house features and they can provide information about possible funding sources to interested visitors.

The basic accessible house modifications correspond to Universal Design specifications or are more generous. These include:

• Thirty six (36) inch wide doors
• Forty eight (48) inch wide hallways
• Hard flooring (wood, ceramic, vinyl) and low nap carpet with level transitions from one type to another
• Lever door and faucet handles
• Door lock with large flanges for easier turning
• Loop or bracket type hardware on all cabinets and drawers
• Casement windows (crank to open) with lever type locks low on the window frame and large crank handles for better leverage
• Electrical outlets raised eighteen to twenty four (18 - 24) inches from the floor
• Large rocker style light switches placed forty four to forty eight (44 - 48) inches from the floor
• Hand held shower with temperature control
• Well lit rooms
• Large, spacious rooms for wheelchair turning radius
• Low threshold entrances with level approaches

The resource library contains take home literature for most of the features built into or displayed in the house.

The following thumbnail photos are clickable links to pages containing a larger photo with information about the features that are depicted in each photo.