So many of those things need to happen, but I'm most in favour of Richard Whatman's comment on here.
And separately - when I see the artist's impressions of how to do an inner city, town, whatever I see no old people, no 'disabled' people. When I started out as a young OT back in the 60's one thing we focused on was accessibility. In the…
So many of those things need to happen, but I'm most in favour of Richard Whatman's comment on here.
And separately - when I see the artist's impressions of how to do an inner city, town, whatever I see no old people, no 'disabled' people. When I started out as a young OT back in the 60's one thing we focused on was accessibility. In the years since it has become a mainstream concern. Now that I'm much older I can't leap blithely from bus to bus to bike to quick sprint. I must be meant to stay home. Just so I don't feel too unsuitable for the climate though, I've found something good I can do. In Seattle there has been a new kind of business set up that composts us when we're dead. Google it. I squirmed a bit at first but ... I do want to help.
Disability is absolutely a social construct. If being bald or having freckles prevented you from entering a building or getting on a bus it would be considered a disability. Likewise, if our social and physical infrastructure was natively inclusive, being old, in a wheelchair, or otherwise 'different', would not be considered dis-ability.
I totally get that Tim. Is why I put 's around the word. Have also in other times been 'disabled' by having small children to move around with, plus for some years a family member in a wheel chair. Please suggest another word for me.
All good - I probably wasn't clear, but I was basically agreeing with you; just filling it out a bit, because our broad definition of ability is pretty poor ;-)
Thanks for clarifying Tim. It is environments that are dis/un-abling which i guess is the basis of this topic - how can we live in our changed environment
I'd like to see Kainga Ora lead the way with a mixed-use medium density neighbourhood regeneration/redevelopment with the goal of housing people at all stages in life. This should be treated as a model to sell the concept of denser cities to the wider public across the country. Too often people see density as soulless shoebox apartments used to house foreign students or luxury apartments only inhabited for 2 months a year.
This model development would consist of housing close to shops, parks, and community facilities. Think apartments and offices mostly of 4-6 storeys and higher when very centrally located, this would be a zone approximately 200-300m radius from a transit station. Outside of this zone would be a sub-zone of approx 800m radius that can accomodate townhouses and small scale apartment complexes of 2-4 storeys. All streets within the central zone designed with a pedestrian first mentality, how to we accomodate ALL people here and remove barriers to access.
So many of those things need to happen, but I'm most in favour of Richard Whatman's comment on here.
And separately - when I see the artist's impressions of how to do an inner city, town, whatever I see no old people, no 'disabled' people. When I started out as a young OT back in the 60's one thing we focused on was accessibility. In the years since it has become a mainstream concern. Now that I'm much older I can't leap blithely from bus to bus to bike to quick sprint. I must be meant to stay home. Just so I don't feel too unsuitable for the climate though, I've found something good I can do. In Seattle there has been a new kind of business set up that composts us when we're dead. Google it. I squirmed a bit at first but ... I do want to help.
Disability is absolutely a social construct. If being bald or having freckles prevented you from entering a building or getting on a bus it would be considered a disability. Likewise, if our social and physical infrastructure was natively inclusive, being old, in a wheelchair, or otherwise 'different', would not be considered dis-ability.
I totally get that Tim. Is why I put 's around the word. Have also in other times been 'disabled' by having small children to move around with, plus for some years a family member in a wheel chair. Please suggest another word for me.
All good - I probably wasn't clear, but I was basically agreeing with you; just filling it out a bit, because our broad definition of ability is pretty poor ;-)
Thanks for clarifying Tim. It is environments that are dis/un-abling which i guess is the basis of this topic - how can we live in our changed environment
I agree with both of you. It’s about being inclusive, isn’t it? Design our cities for the less mobile and they’ll be easier for everyone to live in.
I'd like to see Kainga Ora lead the way with a mixed-use medium density neighbourhood regeneration/redevelopment with the goal of housing people at all stages in life. This should be treated as a model to sell the concept of denser cities to the wider public across the country. Too often people see density as soulless shoebox apartments used to house foreign students or luxury apartments only inhabited for 2 months a year.
This model development would consist of housing close to shops, parks, and community facilities. Think apartments and offices mostly of 4-6 storeys and higher when very centrally located, this would be a zone approximately 200-300m radius from a transit station. Outside of this zone would be a sub-zone of approx 800m radius that can accomodate townhouses and small scale apartment complexes of 2-4 storeys. All streets within the central zone designed with a pedestrian first mentality, how to we accomodate ALL people here and remove barriers to access.