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CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities | 2016-06-08 | 13 | of abbreviates what all the Commission would really like to see Universal Design Ordinance. And we were able to submit this to Andrew Thomas last week when we were building this agenda. So they have it right, Planning Department has this document. And as they develop the draft that they want to give you in about a week for you to consider for the work group, they are incorporating suggestions into that document, so that when a subcommittee between the Planning Board and the Commission on Disability Issues meets, you guys will probably have some good ordinance language to work with, the draft language will be more developed than the last time you saw it. Kerry Parker: And the other thing to note is that they are scheduling the subcommittee meetings for early July, for the first one right one. That'll be a subcommittee between the Planning Board and CDI regarding this, there will probably be a notice. Anyway, just so you know that this is now in a lot more development than it was at only our last meeting, because this has now been submitted to the Planning Board. Anto Aghapekian: And now one of the things I find, myself, I forget to even talk with you about, is facilities for, or accommodations for people who are hearing or visual impaired. And I think they can be achieved very economically, they're not very expensive. It's just said it has to be thought out and installed, taken care of. Beth Kenny: Yes. Again, I said, I don't know much about building and what sort of accessibility devices that are out there, but I was wondering if lighting control and environmental controls, maybe I was thinking that that might be what we were talking about in that. I was trying to capture that by saying. But I don't know what is out there and what is important, so certainly if you have experience with something that you know is important, or you have seen somebody else find important, please, please, please let us know as soon as possible, because we want to capture as much in this as possible. Susan Deutsch: I do think there are environmental roles, and I think right now, they're probably changing, the technology is getting more high tech, but there are ways that people can control, they can wirelessly turn the heat on, lights, having touch pads. My guess is that And also voice, talking to something. I know Google is coming out with something. I haven't really looked into what, Google home thing, but when I get But there are a lot of environmental control Beth Kenny: Yes. So the idea is to have those things there available or even just to be able to easily add them without having to rewire the house or take on a major project, because modifications to a house because of a disability is not something you can write off on your taxes, the average home modification is extremely expensive, and if you don't do it, you're also putting the caregivers at risk. And we're paying a huge amount to keep people in nursing homes who could live in their home if it was accessible. Anto Aghapekian: My last comment is the model, we talked about the model. And more than anything, I think that an accessible model, a real actual life-sized model is much more important than a regular model, because the people that need an accessible model, they need to walk in there, or they need to wheel themselves in there to experience the space, and to find out where the doorbells are, to find out how the smoke detector works, for them to experience the spaces. And that's not going to happen with a virtual reality thing that people are visualizing. So a real model, I think, is a must for this universal. 08/17/16 Page 13 of 19 | CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2016-06-08.pdf |