MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (WCAX) – A Vermont company that specializes in accessible housing unveiled its newest modular design Friday for people with disabilities.
Chelsea Carl is installing a special addition to her Shoreham property. As a caregiver for over a decade, she said creating a person’s own separate space can go a long way.
“It’s the perfect size. It has all the right things somebody with developmental, intellectual disabilities will need to live independently,” Carl said. “To live independently without somebody bothering them, they can live alone, have freedom.”
Julie Lineberger, one of the founders of Wilmington-based WheelPad, says freedom is their goal. “That it’s possible to stay in your home or not drive 30 minutes each way to see one of your loved ones in a nursing home or some other sort of facility, that there is a way to keep families together,” she said.
For more than six years, BDCC has supported WheelPad’s growth, helping the company expand accessible housing solutions for Vermonters through financing, partnerships, and long-term business development support. Together with VEDA and state partners, BDCC is helping WheelPad create jobs, grow manufacturing capacity, and make it easier for people with mobility challenges to live comfortably in their communities.
