Laurie and Jeff Schutz can't imagine how they ever survived. It was not that long ago that the Schutz family of five was living in an 1,100 square foot, two bedroom house. Under normal circumstances, this would have been cramped for any family. The Schutzes, however, have a son with cerebral palsy. Laurie Schutz had about as normal a first-time pregnancy as any woman could want, carrying to full term. Her problem began during a long labor, including nearly 30 hours of hard labor, that produced a colossal amount of stress on her as-yet unborn son. Joel Schutz was born with an Apgar score (a method to quickly and summarily assess the health of a newborn immediately after birth) of 0-1-1. So not only were the Schutzes adjusting to life as first time parents, they were adjusting to life with a newborn who had cerebral palsy, and they were living in a house that would be totally inadequate for him and his needs. The Schutzes knew they had to make a change. This article describes how Todd Rosenblum, principal of Adaptive Architecture, changed their house to a home for the whole family.