Universal design has its roots in the 1990s, when Ronald L. Mace, an architect and instructor at North Carolina State University, collaborated with a group of architects, product designers ...

Editor’s note: Rich Ideas is a monthly design column by Sheila Rich of Monmouth Beach, who has been creating timeless interiors for over 30 years. Her award-winning design firm, Sheila Rich ...

Her 4,000-square-foot home northwest of Fort Collins is the ultimate training center for “universal design,” or spaces that are universally accessible. Leibrock believes such techniques can ...

Universal design means planning to build physical, learning and work environments so that they are usable by a wide range of people, regardless of age, size or disability status. ... Curb cuts and ...

The Seven Principles of Universal Design define how to make your environment / product available for the 1.2 billion disabled people worldwide. Not doing them means excluding 20% of your customer ...

Want to learn how to design your online course for maximum inclusion? In this session, we will introduce you to Universal Design for Learning, an evidenced-based framework designed to optimize ...

When the U.S. Department of Education updated its National Education Technology Plan for the first time in seven years in early 2024, one of its main recommendations was that schools use ed-tech ...

For visually impaired users, there are also add-ons, like tactile stickers from GE that include Braille words to assist with interpreting the controls. Some models also come with an option that will ...

Universal design is a concept that makes homes more accessible by providing a full bathroom and potential bedroom on ... will just be built automatically with what you would call a ‘zero entry.’ ...

Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework grounded in cognitive neuroscience and the learning sciences. In action, UDL moves away from classifying learners into categories of “typical” or ...

As an example of universal design, Wouk cites the able-bodied individual entering a building while weighed down with bags and books in both arms. “When that person uses an elbow to tap an automatic ...

A person pushing a cart of supplies will have a smoother experience using automatic doors. These examples relate to a physical space, but the same concept can be applied to education and learning. The ...