A generation after the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, the process by which students request accommodations — adjustments such as extra time on exams or flexibility on ...

Most people will experience a physical or mental disability during their lifetimes. So why don’t more designers of devices, appliances, and public spaces heed that reality? Why, for example, must so ...

Universal design involves designing buildings, products and services that meet the accessibility needs of everyone. It can help people with disabilities, but it’s intended for everyone.On Monday’s St.

The Seven Principles of Universal Design have been influencing accessibility practitioners for years. They are typically applied by designers – of space, software, equipment, however they can also be ...

Accessibility should not be a grudging afterthought. With planning, it can lead to elegant, beautiful, and engaging art. Alice Sheppard, a multiracial Black woman with coffee-colored skin and short ...

Universal Design enhances the accessibility of courses for all students by creating and utilizing products or materials that can be used by everyone, regardless of their age, ability or status in life ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a way to structure your course so it is fully accessible to as many students as possible without a need for modifications or accommodations. It draws from ...

NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "Reveals that the twentieth-century shift from 'design for the average' to 'design for all' took place through political, economic, and scientific ...

It seems that the media, whether television, radio, or newspapers, seldom addresses the question of the handicapped. I have been a student at the University of Colorado Boulder for four years, and in ...

A QUT study has identified key design features that would make autonomous vehicles (AVs) more accessible for people with ...

The same design principles that brought Braille panels to public elevators and curb cuts to city sidewalks should be imported to the classroom and used to transform lessons and textbooks, says a ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles for curriculum development that gives all individuals equal opportunities to learn. According the National Center for Universal Design for ...