Need to tell Door Motion Technologies’ different products — from commercial to residential to elevator systems — apart at a glance? Go to www.doormotiontechnologies.com and click on the Applications button. Up pops a Product Application Guide, a grid that matches Door Motion systems with various applications — and even tells you the colors and the…

Advice on how mobility dealers and rehab providers can enter the home/environmental accessibility market at a pace and an investment level best suited to their business’ needs.

While we’re all used to doors that automatically open at the grocery store (or the garage door that opens at the push of a button when we return), residential door-opening systems are much more rare. But such systems can mean the difference between entering and exiting a home independently, or having to rely on others…

When Congress passed and the president signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990, accessibility became a legally protected right for people in the United States. The statute marked a landmark extension of civil rights protections beyond traditional categories of gender and race. The ADA clearly articulates its purpose: “to provide a clear and…

The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) offers a free consumer kitchen and bath workbook “to help you turn your dreams into reality” — and to help consumers get more realistic about what a remodel entails. Predictably, the workbook encourages consumers to consult professionals instead of doing the work themselves. But the workbook also can…

When tight spaces or steep grades require a lift, Bruno Independent Living Aids suggests the only way to go is up — via the VPL-3100. This vertical platform lift includes standard features such as an automatic self-lowering folding ramp, separate up and down push-button switches with key switch control, and a spring-sensitive bottom plate that…

Home modification is a hot topic, with do-it-yourself TV shows and super-sized hardware stores seeking the attention and dollars of improvement-minded homeowners. Add architects, contractors and interior designers to the mix, and you have an industry worth billions. Despite the national slowdown in consumer purchasing of new and existing homes, the not-for-profit Home Improvement Research…

Remember how much fun it was as a kid to jump into puddles, run under sprinklers or shower your sister with the garden hose while claiming to wash your dad’s car in the driveway? There’s something very liberating about water and wide-open spaces… which perhaps explains some of the attraction of wet rooms, those trendy…

While Diestco Manufacturing is probably best known for its scooter and wheelchair covers, canopies and equipment holders, home accessibility dealers may be pleasantly surprised to learn that the Chico, Calif.-based manufacturer also carries products to help scooter and wheelchair users move more freely into and within their homes. EZ Edge threshold ramps come in three…