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Resources regarding the principles, theories, and execution of universal design as relates to architecture.
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Newsletters

You might be interested in these organizations' newsletters dealing specifically with issues related to universal design:

Design for All Newsletter - Registration required.

Global Universal Design Educators Monthly Online News - Current and archived issues of the monthly newsletter.

Universal Design Newsletter - Current and archived issues from Universal Designers & Consultants.

 

Audio Visual

Century High School: Better than Accessible, Century High School, 1999. Available from: Century High School, Rochester Minnesota, (507) 287-7150.

Universal Design Exemplars - A CD-ROM collection of 32 international, award winning universal design projects from architecture, exhibit, industrial, interior design and landscape architecture. Full CD available from the Center for Universal Design

Enable People with Disabilities and Computers with the Flying Karamazov Brothers - Watch this 6-part series on YouTube.

 
 

Recommended Websites

Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture

ADA Accessibility Guidelines

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)

Cambridge Engineering Design Centre - Inclusive Design

Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC) - CMHC for Housing Industry Professionals and Community Groups

Center for Accessible Environments (CAE) - The UK's leading authority on inclusive design.

CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology - Universal design for learning.

Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA) - School of Architecture, State University of New York at Buffalo

Center for Universal Design - National research center that evaluates, develops, and promotes accessible and universal design in housing, commercial and public facilities, outdoor environments, and products.

Cornell University, College of Human Ecology - Department of Design and Environmental Analysis (See Resources under Outreach)

Danish Building Research Institute

Design Center for Global Needs at San Francisco State University - Center for multi-disciplinary exploration of universal design, cultural identity, design for social responsibility and community design.

Design Council (UK)

Design for All Foundation - Working to achieve that everyone can enjoy open spaces, products and services with equal opportunities.

European Institute for Design and Disability (EIDD) / Design for All European Network

The EQUAL Research Network - A UK-wide EPSRC funded network for extending quality life of older people and disabled people.

The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre - Works to advance a socially inclusive approach to design through practical research and projects with industry.

Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) Universal Design Special Interest Section

The Institute for Human Centered Design

International Association for Universal Design (IAUD)

Lighthouse International - Through clinical services, education, research, and advocacy, the Lighthouse enables people with low vision and blindness to enjoy safe, independent and productive lives.

MIT AgeLab

National Center for Accessible Media [NCAM] - Dedicated to acheiving media access equality for people with disabilities.

Universal Designers & Consultants - For-profit consulting agency on aspects of universal design.

Universal Design Network - Home of the Global Universal Design Educator's Monthly Online News

 

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