About Us

Albert M. Ayala is a publisher and building contractor in Central Arizona. When his mother, at age 89, fractured her tibia and came to live with him and his wife, he began looking for an accessible home design guide for building and remodeling contractors. What he found was an enormous amount of text referencing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). He found no easy-to-understand residential guide.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) directed him to the United States Access Board; a federal agency committed to accessible design. The board’s July 2004 guidelines serve as the baseline for standards used to enforce the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and the ABA (Architectural Barriers Act).

Using the Access Board’s relevant residential guidelines as a starting point, Mr. Ayala drew more than 300 illustrations detailing the widths, heights, and measurements the Board specified. Those easy-to-understand drawings make The Right Space a unique resource for both the layman and the building professional.

The Right Space follows the logical path from outside to inside. With these easy-to-understand guidelines a homeowner, homebuilder, or remodeler travels from the sidewalk, through the front door, and into hallways, bathrooms and kitchens.

Throughout, the guide shows you what accessible home design looks like. By viewing this guide’s illustrations, both the layman and the building professional can make informed design decisions about what may well be a family’s most important asset, their home.

Albert M. Ayala
Debold - Marquez Books, LLC
528 W. Toledo Street
Chandler, AZ 85225
602 309 5169 - 480 821 2929 fax