Becoming rentABLE Certified Mobility Accessible

Lorraine is an entrepreneur and business owner born in Conway, Arkansas. Lorraine served on the staff of Congressman Ed Bethune in Washington DC after college. She has been recognized for her work in marketing/communications for local television, non-profit hospitals, for-profit healthcare systems and national non-profits.

Lorraine is an industry leader dedicated to disability advocacy and recognized a 2022 Top 20 influencers across travel, hospitality and real estate.

Lorraine’s newest endeavor, Becoming rentABLE, is designed create, educate and promote accessible rental properties for people with mobility, vision, hearing, intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and for individuals on the autism spectrum of autism.

Lorraine is married with two grown sons and shares every chair and lap in the house with two spoiled cats.

General exterior accessible features include: ramp, hard surface driveway, wheelchair van parking, clear path from parking area to door, keyless locks, secondary child safety lock on exit doors, 36” doorways throughout,

Interior accessible features include: zero threshold throughout, lever handles throughout, wheelchair accessible electrical/USB outlet throughout, lowered light switches, raised electrical outlets, and hard surface flooring,

Kitchen accessible features include: wheel-under kitchen table, wheel-under kitchen sink, accessible height microwave, wheel-under stove, accessible height oven, elevated dishwasher, accessible toe kick area in coffee bar section, wheelchair accessible open-pantry pull-out drawers, and front loading dishwasher,

Bathroom accessible features include: wheel-under bathroom sink, lever faucet handles, accessible height mirror, electric lift toilet, toilet grab bars, roll-in shower, shower grab bars, handheld shower head, mounted shower bench, 2 linear shower drains, and a rolling shower chair,

Bedroom accessible features include: adjustable beds in both bedrooms, electrical/USB outlet reachable from bed, black-out rolling blinds, and black-out curtains,

Non-mobility accessible features include; noise machine, safety covers on outlets, locked chemical storage, NO fluorescent lighting are used throughout, dimmer switches throughout, night lights, TV securely anchored to the wall, blackout curtains in the bedrooms and living room, weighted blanket, strobing alarms/audio alarm, and outside glider chair.