Page 38 - Universal Design News Today

Formal education has led to a lack of learning in a number of ways, argues Susan D. Blum, and the one change that can make a big difference is getting rid of grades.

Inclusive design consultancy Human Space has been commissioned by the Canadian government with the aim of making the country’s federally-owned heritage buildings more accessible. The two-and-a-half-year project will seek to improve accessibility for users with disabilities without compromising...

Katie Phillips has a job. She is an active member of several nonprofit organizations in her community. She votes. As an independent, disabled woman, she would like to live in her own apartment.But she said a lack of affordable and accessible housing...

Katie Phillips has a job. She is an active member of several nonprofit organizations in her community. She votes. As an independent, disabled woman, she would like to live in her own apartment.But she said a lack of affordable and accessible housing...

Katie Phillips has a job. She is an active member of several nonprofit organizations in her community. She votes. As an independent, disabled woman, she would like to live in her own apartment.But she said a lack of affordable and accessible housing...

Here are four strategies park rangers use to create an audience-centered experience and establish reasons for learning that could work in any classroom.

Have you ever really thought about how you move around your day? Mostly it’s on autopilot but when you drill down and think about how you access

Have you ever tried to do up a zip or button a shirt one-handed? Put on a pair of jeans while seated? Do you know someone with Autism Spectrum

"Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe." -Maria Mitchell The analogies between small-scale, living things and large-scale, cosmic entities are abundant: between a neuron and the Universe's large-scale structure; between an atom and a solar system; between the stars in a galaxy and the atoms in a cell; between the cells in a living being and the galaxies in the Universe. It makes you wonder if, on a cosmic scale, some portion (or the...

UDS Marks International Day For Persons With Disabilities