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Visitability is an international movement to change home construction practices so that virtually all new homes, whether or not designated for residents who currently have mobility impairments, offer three specific accessibility features. Supporters ultimately want to require that all new homes be at least partly accessible to people with mobility impairments. Newly constructed homes often contain the same major barriers as older, existing homes: steps at every entrance, and narrow interior doors, with the bathroom door usually the narrowest door in the house. Therefore, in the visitability movement, three key features are promoted: #At least one zero-step entrance on an accessible route leading from a driveway or public sidewalk, #All interior doors providing at least of unobstructed passage space and #At least a half bathroom on the main floor〔(Concrete Change website )〕 If a goal is residents' remaining in the home if mobility impairment occurs, two additional basics are necessary: a full bathroom on the main floor, and a bedroom or space that could be converted to a bedroom. Visitability is similar to Universal Design in general intention, but is more focused in scope, more specific in parameters, and more explicitly grounded in a social reform intent. Visitability features make homes easier for people who develop a mobility impairment to visit friends and extended family rather than having to turn down invitations, or not be invited at all. These features also provide a basic shell of access to permit formerly non-disabled people to remain in their homes if they develop a disability, rather than forcing them to do expensive renovations, relocate to a different house, live in an inaccessible home which endangers their health and safety, or move from the community into a nursing home. ==Specific goals== # ''A focus on single-family homes instead of public buildings.'' Access to new public buildings, such as government offices and restaurants, is typically already required under various national laws, such as the ''Americans with Disabilities Act'' of 1990 in the United States. Outside of the UK, single-family homes are the one kind of building which is still routinely constructed without regard to access. # ''Every home instead of just "special" homes.'' Being able to attend the party is better than isolation, or the risk of being "helped up the steps." People who use wheelchairs or walkers, or are impaired by stiffness, weakness or balance problems are blocked by steps at every entrance of a home. Wheelchair users are stopped by inches from fitting through the bathroom door in a friend or relative’s home. # ''Narrowing the emphasis to the most essential features,'' which are: : * entering a home, : * fitting through the interior doors, and : * being able to use a toilet. :While there are many possible or desirable features, strongly prioritizing the few features which are most crucial to visiting or residing in a home greatly increases the likelihood of widespread construction change. Basic access goes beyond visiting. It also helps a person of any age who develops a temporary or permanent mobility impairment. Without basic access in place, architecture forces severe choices: * Expensive renovations, assuming that the necessary changes are possible. * Being unable to enter or exit the home independently, or to use the bathroom at all. * Moving to another home or to a nursing home or other specialized facility. These issues can apply equally to a person who is recovering from surgery, or to a person who has used a wheelchair for decades. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Visitability」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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