Accessible Living near WDW

[Morzanna]

Posting this directly after Irma may make a few of you question my sanity but I have been looking at moving to Florida and figure if I do being in rolling distance of the Mouse may be good for my health as its a safe place to get out. Due to stalking this board for a while I am now the proud owner of Coolibar that has set me free a great deal locally, I live in a very sunny region where its dry and hot and access is a laughable concept.

What areas are good for low income persons near WDW? Are there any caregiver agencies that are extremely good, any that are extremely bad? I know WDW is accessible but what about the surrounding area?

Thank you in advance and nice to meet you all,

Mo

 

[mamabunny]

I live way far away from WDW (almost exactly 1200 miles, door to door!) so I have *zero* helpful information... just wanted to say

I hope you will share any info you learn as you go along - I imagine you aren't the only person who has thought about making the move!

 

[charmed59]

There are many senior communities in the area with accessible living. I live in an active senior community a bit farther out, about 50 miles up the interstate, and any new home can be made accessible. We bought a "pre-owned" home that was built for someone in a wheelchair. Prices in most these senior communities range from very reasonable to very expensive, all in the same community.

 

[persimmondeb]

We've been looking at that general area, but not in walking/rolling distance, since we'd like to be warm and the day is coming when stairs are a problem for me. I don't know how many options are quite that close, but we've been poring over listings for modular homes mostly in Clermont, etc. and there are lots of options. If you're old enough for a senior community (we're not, and our son is likely a permanent part of the household) they seem to be a little nicer/more reasonable on the whole.

 

[charmed59]

Check into the senior community rules. Not everyone in the household has to be over 55. I believe the Florida law is for a development to be a senior community 80% of the homes must have someone living there that is 55 or over, and no one under the age of 18. (This relieves them of planning for schools for the development.)

There are many living in my senior community with disabled adult children. There are some disabled adults living on their own that are under 55 but have no children of their own.

Because many folks become disabled as they age, senior communities are very in tune with the needs of the disabled.

 

[persimmondeb]

Check into the senior community rules. Not everyone in the household has to be over 55. I believe the Florida law is for a development to be a senior community 80% of the homes must have someone living there that is 55 or over, and no one under the age of 18. (This relieves them of planning for schools for the development.)

There are many living in my senior community with disabled adult children. There are some disabled adults living on their own that are under 55 but have no children of their own.

Because many folks become disabled as they age, senior communities are very in tune with the needs of the disabled.

I hope this is helpful to the OP as well, but definitely good to know! We had kind of thought some were more rigid about the age requirement that others, but that is awesome. DS has mild developmental disabilities, and he'd be capable of living independently, but I don't think he plans to until we're gone, so we tend to include him in our thinking.