Beautiful "Accessible" Home For Sale In Chappequa!

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459 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley NY 10502

This beautiful brick exterior home sits on 3.2 acres of land located in Northern Westchester County’s Chappaqua, NY offers full handicap accessibility features.

The exterior is brick with cedar shingle along with an unilock driveway and walk. The heated garage includes a  Vertical Lift (Porch) from garage to main living level.

The first floor has a two story entry with Aladdin Chandelier lift, living room with oak floors covered with wall to wall carpeting, formal dining room, family room with gas fireplace and cathedral ceiling, oak floor with a fireplace, powder room and study den. 

The kitchen has separate heating zone equipped with thermador convection oven, KitchenAid dishwasher, warming drawer, GE Monogram gas 6 Burner cook top, granite counters, built in desk and CD/Radio intercom system.

The first floor suite Includes bedroom with attached accessible bathroom including a barrier free shower, Therapy room, Aide/Nurse bedroom, indoor heated pool with radiant heat in floors , pool lift “ready” , Desert Air System and Flat Screen TV.

he first floor also is equipped with Barrier Free Living Spaces, wide open hallways, wide doorways and smooth room to room floor transitions (no saddles).
 

The second level has Master Bedroom suite with Master Bathroom  which includes Sitting room door to balcony, Cedar walk in closet, Second walk in closet, High ceiling, Oak floors.Master Bathroom has two sinks, Separate shower, Whirlpool tub. The second floor has an additional two bedrooms and a hall bathroom.The lower level is finished along with storage room and exit door to the outside.

A natural Bluestone ramp leads to expansive bluestone entertaining patio on the 3 ½ acre flat lawn surrounded with private trees. This beautiful home also includes Light Fixtures,all appliances, wall to wall carpeting, blinds and a natural gas barbeque.

For more information about this home please contact Kerry Fedigan of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate at 917-327-8766. This Chappaqua home lends itself to easy installation of an interior elevator rendering in the 100% accessible home.  

ADA Lifestyles can customize this home to be comfortable for any living situation. For more information about how ADA can help create a better environment contact Daniel Szalai or Martin Watters  at (914) 231-6107.

Are You Having Trouble At The Pump?

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459 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley NY 10502

Alike many other public accommodations, gas stations are required by law to provide equal access to those individuals with disabilities. Because businesses are constantly cutting back on employees, disabled motorists may find it increasingly more difficult to receive assistance at the pump when only one attendant is working!

Many gas stations have also turned over to “self-serve” which has also added to the fewer amount of employees being seen at gas stations. Nowadays, most stations only have one person working at a time and they are required to stay at the register, therefore leaving those individuals who may need some assistance without any. 

According to the Department of Justice's interpretation of ADA as far as self-serve gas stations go, if necessary to provide access, gas stations must provide assistance upon the request of an individual with a disability. However, if only one employee is on duty, the employee is encouraged but not required to provide assistance. Employees of the gas station must also let motorists know through appropriate signage that those with disabilities can request assistance by honking a horn or whatever system that gas station has developed. 

Have you found yourself at the pump with no assistance? Let us know your story on our Facebook page linked HERE! 

Check Out Our New Video!

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Check out ADA Lifestyles new video! Let us know what you think on our Facebook page, linked HERE. 

 

"Aging in Place" using Universal Design Solutions

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“Aging in place” is becoming a popular term as the largest generation of people move into retirement accommodations. Using the principles of Universal Design, ADA Lifestyles can improve and enhance your current apartment, home, or office space to be more accessible and safer. 

ADA Lifestyles can reconstruct your space to make entrances more accessible, add assistive technologies, automate doors, windows and blinds, provide barrier free shower and doorways, add elevators and lifts, improve lighting, adjust cabinets and appliances and improve flooring. 

Your chances of falling increase steadily across a person’s lifespan, starting at age 40. $55 billion will be spent annually treating nonfatal falls. Falls are the 5^th leading cause of death. 

Contact ADA Lifestyles for design and building solutions to make your spaces more accessible and enjoyable. For more information, visit ADALifestyles.com or call 914-231-6107.

Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace

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Often times, Federal hiring officials find it necessary to make a reasonable workplace accommodation for a person with a disability if it is requested and appropriate. Practical accommodations can apply to the duties of the job, and/or where and how job tasks are performed. Accommodations should make it easier for the employee to successfully perform the duties of their job. 

A couple of examples of reasonable accommodations may include providing interpreters, readers, or other personal assistants, modifying job duties, restructuring work sites, providing flexible work schedules or work sites, and providing accessible technology or other workplace adaptive equipment. 

You can request reasonable accommodations either orally or in writing. People who need accommodations are responsible for making their needs known to their bosses or to whomever it may concern. The supervisors and the individuals should explain the individual’s needs, and identify the appropriate reasonable accommodation required to meet those needs. 

ADA Lifestyles builds and designs work spaces exceeding ADA guidelines to provide service to the physically challenged working community. For more details, visit ADALifestyles.com.

Workshop in North Carolina For People With Disabilities.

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If you are a person with disabilities and live in the North Carolina area, come to the Department of Social Services on Thursday, April 5^th between 9:00am and 1:00pm for a free workshop, which will be offering advice on fair housing rights (fayobserver.com). 

People with disabilities, advocates, providers of housing and services for people with disabilities, and the general public are welcome to learn about basic fair housing protection, reasonable accommodations and modifications, and access and design issues (fayoberserver.com). Speakers from the Fair Housing Project of Legal Aid of North Carolina, SocialServe.com and a housing locator service will educate attendees on these issues in order for people with disabilities to represent themselves and their rights (fayobserver.com). 

The seminar is funded in part through a grant under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (fayobserver.com). 

For location and contact information on the free workshop, click here. 

ADA Lifestyles of New York, Inc. works to provide accessible products and services to the community with physical challenges. Visit adalifestyles.com to view all of our accessible accommodations, and write on our Facebook page here if you have any questions regarding our technology.

NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade Details

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The New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade is one of our city’s greatest traditions.  The first parade was held on March 17, 1762 - fourteen years before the Declaration of Independence was adopted – and has marched its way to the largest parade in the world today!

The Parade starts at 44th Street at 11:00 am and is held every March 17th, except when March 17th falls on a Sunday, it is celebrated the day before, Saturday the 16th due to religious observances.

The parade marches up Fifth Avenue past St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street all the way up past the American Irish Historical Society at 83rd and the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 83rd Street to 86th Street, where the parade finishes at around 4:30 - 5:00 pm.

Your best bet is to leave your cars at home and take an MTA train or bus to New York City to join the St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Some of the best viewing spots are on the upper steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and 86th street, where the parade ends and the marchers disperse.  This is an especially great spot if you have children with you would like to meet some of the many police officers, firefighters, and other participants!

Are you planning on attending this year’s St. Patricks Day Parade? Tell us on the ADA Lifestyles of New York Facebook wall, linked HERE.

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

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March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month- an entire month when Americans are asked to pay greater attention to both the needs and potential of people with developmental disabilities. 

“It is wonderful that Americans are asked to raise their awareness of the needs and accomplishments of people with disabilities during the month of March,” said Sid Blanchard, executive director of Community Access Unlimited. “Yet for our members, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month is a month-long celebration of what they achieve 12 months a year,” (NJ.com).

In declaring March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987, President Reagan encouraged all Americans to offer their fellow citizens with disabilities both encouragement and opportunities to achieve their full potential (NJ.com). 

At ADA Lifestyles, that’s exactly what we do! We offer those with developmental disabilities an opportunity to live freely and independently within their own home and workplace by providing design and building solutions with full accessibility and functionality. 

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month offers an opportunity to “focus on the challenges and achievements of people with disabilities,” said Blanchard. All year round, ADA Lifestyles is focusing not only on the challenges, but on the solutions to those challenges to increase the quality of life for those facing difficulties. 

For more information, visit ADA Lifestyles of New York’s Facebook page, linked HERE.