HOME ACCESSIBILITY
TOOLKIT PROJECT
Do you have a spinal cord injury (SCI) or are you a family caregiver of someone with SCI?
The Home Accessibility Toolkit Project invites you to join us in our research to learn more about the home accessibility needs and priorities for people with spinal cord injury.
APPLY NOW!
The Home Accessibility Toolkit Project is now open for research participation and is recruiting.
- Canadian’s 18 years + living with spinal cord injury.
- Must be able to speak English or French.
- Must be willing to complete and online or telephone survey.
Let’s unlock the doors to home accessibility together!
Phase 2 participation is open to up to a maximum 350 people living with spinal cord injury from across Canada. Enrollment will open December 2024 and will remain open until recruitment targets are reached. Although it is not anticipated, participant recruitment may stop at anytime or for any reason at the discretion of the primary investigator.
Why Home Accessibility?
Access to appropriate and affordable housing is a human right and is critical for promoting health, dignity, safety, inclusion, and community participation.[1]
Inaccessible housing can promote feelings of social isolation, lack of belonging, and make people feel like they have no control over their environment.[2]
No one deserves to feel this way in their home.
The housing needs of people with spinal cord injury have received little attention, and the needs of other family household members even less so.[3]
We recognize the importance of working together with and listening to people with spinal cord injury & their families in order to learn how to find and create homes that work.
- United Nations. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. United Nations; 2006.
- Dwyer KJ, Mulligan H. Community reintegration following spinal cord injury: Insights for health professionals in community rehabilitation services in New Zealand. N Z J Physio. 2005;43(3):75-85.
- Labbe D, Jutras S, Jutras D. Housing priorities of persons with a spinal cord injury and their household members. Disabil Rehabil. 2016;38(17):1716-1729.50.
Our Vision
To engage and work collaboratively with the spinal cord injury community on improving housing satisfaction and quality of life.
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Digital Accessibility is important to us, too.
The Home Accessibility Tool-kit Project is committed to creating an accessible online environment for all visitors to our web site. We are continually working to make our web content and resources accessible.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of our website, please contact us:
We'd Love to hear from you Say Hello! 🙂
Email Address: HousingStudy@Sunnybrook.ca