LibGuides: Interior Design: Universal Design

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These web sites are among the more reliable sources on the WWW for information on universal design

DO-IT
DO-IT serves to increase the success of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. It promotes the use of computer and networking technologies to increase independence, productivity, and participation in education and employment.
Evidence Based Building Design for Healthcare
"The Center for Health Design helps healthcare and design professionals to improve the quality of healthcare through the built environment using evidence-based design (EBD)."
Institute for Human Centered Design
"...promotes design that works for everyone across the spectrum of ability and age and enhances human experience."
Institute for Human Centered Design
"advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities"
Universal Design Alliance (UDA)
"...committed to creating awareness and expanding the knowledge of universal design for all ages, sizes, and abilities through education, services, and resources."
Universal Design Case Study Collection
"The Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) is an international educational non-profit organization committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities. We were founded in Boston in 1978 as Adaptive Environments. We changed our name in our 30th year in order to have a name more reflective of our work and more meaningful for today's audiences."