One-size-fits-all model of accessible housing ‘a disaster’ for Australians with disability
Appropriate housing for people with disabilities remains expensive and difficult to find
The Guardian, 3 May 2022.
Elijah Armstrong’s wheelchair is 76cm wide. The doorways at the rental home he shares with his family are 78cm wide.
“Every time he goes through a door I think: ‘is he alright getting through the door? Can he make it?’” his mother, Grace Dlabik, says.
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