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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Universal Design of Research (UDR) draws on concepts from three disciplines. Click on each of the three disciplines listed below to learn about the concepts drawn from that discipline used in UDR.

“Design and Disability,” on view in London, goes beyond the precepts of “universal design” to celebrate particular identities and bodies. By Deyan Sudjic Reporting from London This article is part of ...

“It sounded like a semitruck was coming,” said Adam Wouk, manager of disability services at Joliet Junior College, as he reflected on a student using a platform at another institution. “I wasn’t even ...

Typically, providing equal access in class means providing individual accommodations to every student with a disability. Universal Design for Learning (UDL), which originated from the architectural ...