Every condition or disease has its challenges, and understanding these challenges is necessary to the planning process. Designing a space to facilitate recovery from a hip replacement would require a very different approach than designing a space for child with ASD, or a parent with Alzheimer’s disease.

There is much to learn from the Client’s clinical team: physician, care providers, specialists, etc., each of whom has very specific and personal knowledge about the individual and the level of their disability. In addition, many conditions and diseases have societies and support groups associated with them, so there is often a wealth of information available t

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