Accessible housing needed for brothers with rare condition

Spending more time at home during the pandemic is becoming increasingly more difficult for a Calgary family whose needs are changing due to a rare genetic disorder. Two of the Basaraba children have Friedreich’s ataxia, a degenerative neuromuscular disorder with no cure. At 17, Mikail Basaraba can no longer walk without falling and though his doctor said he needed to use a wheelchair all of the time, it’s not always possible in the bungalow the family is renting. “It’s ha