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Designing Accessibility: How an Architect Mom Built a Beginner’s Guide for Rare Disease Caregivers

Designing Accessibility: How an Architect Mom Built a Beginner’s Guide for Rare Disease Caregivers

Update: 2025-01-20
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When an architect’s life took an unexpected turn with her daughter’s rare disease diagnosis, she combined her professional expertise and caregiving journey to create a Beginner’s Guide to Accessible Home Design. In this episode of The Rare Advocates, she shares how her experience as a mom and architect inspired practical, affordable, and inclusive design tips to transform homes for families navigating rare diseases and disabilities.

✨ What You’ll Learn:
Simple, actionable tips for making your home more accessible design principles for rare disease and disability needs. Her journey from architect to caregiver and advocate for how inclusive design can enhance independence and comfort


✨ Link to Guide: https://agsaa.org/accessibility-guide

🎧 Listen now for expert advice and heartfelt insights that empower caregivers to create accessible spaces!

💚The Aicardi Goutieres Syndrome Advocacy Association works to improve the lives of individuals and families living with Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome (AGS).

💙AGSAA is a global coalition of deeply dedicated parent advocates working alongside clinicians, researchers, and scientists. We are united in our desire to improve the lives of individuals and families living with and yet to be diagnosed with Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome using our learned experience and honoring those before us.

💚AGSAA is a 501c nonprofit foundation

💙Our Mission: Rescuing Potential. Everything we do reflects a sense of urgency to rescue patient potential and preserve quality of life. We’re focused on accelerating research and providing timely emotional outreach and educational support alongside evolving clinical care recommendations to affected families.

💚 Socials: @agsadvocacy on all socials
💙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/agsadvocacy/

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Designing Accessibility: How an Architect Mom Built a Beginner’s Guide for Rare Disease Caregivers

Designing Accessibility: How an Architect Mom Built a Beginner’s Guide for Rare Disease Caregivers

Aicardi Goutieres Syndrome Advocacy Association (AGSAA)