Universal Design Handbook

A fully updated, one-stop reference to designing products and facilities for the elderly, disabled, and children

Packed with examples of global standards and design solutions, Universal Design Handbook, Second Edition comprehensively covers residential, commercial office, transportation, and educational facilities as well as outdoor areas, products and furniture, and access to information technology, telecommunications, and electronics. The book encompasses vision, touch, cognitive, hearing, and motor impairment. The second edition has been updated to reflect the latest Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) design requirements, as well as those of the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA).

Universal Design Handbook, Second Edition features:

• Completely updated and revised chapters
• Updated illustrations
• Global coverage, including policies, requirements, and case studies
• Details on the full scope of universal design—from urban scale to multimedia
• Examples of standards and guidelines that architects and designers can use to create more universally accessible and usable environments

Comprehensive coverage of universal design:
Premises and Perspectives; Universal Design: An Evolving Paradigm; Toward Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability; Designing for Our Future Selves; Universal Design and the Majority World; Principles, Standards, and Guidelines; The Principles of Universal Design; UN Standards and Rules; ADA Standards and Challenges for Universal Design; The ADA Law and Accessibility: Interpretations in U.S. Courts; Life Safety Standards and Guidelines; Creating a Thesaurus for Universal Design; International Perspectives; Norway's Planning Approach to Implement Universal Design; The Impact of Aging on Japanese Accessibility Design Standards;. The Design for All Evolution in France; Accessibility as Universal Design: Practical Experience in Italy; Brazilian Legislation and Experiences in Introducing Universal Design; Accessible Design in Italy; Planning Accessibility in the Old City of Jerusalem; Public Spaces, Private Spaces, Products, and Technologies; Creating an Accessible Public Realm; A Capital Planning Approach to ADA Implementation; Universal Design in Transportation; Tourism Made Universally Accessible; Outdoor Play for All; Educational Environments: From Compliance to Inclusion; Office and Workplace Design; Smart Growth and The Next Generation Home; Fair Housing: Toward Universal Design in Multi-Family Housing; Home for the Next 50 Years; The LIFEhouse Project; Universal Design Living Laboratory; Selling Builders and Remodelers on Universal Design; Universal Bathrooms; Universal Design of Automobiles; Universal Design of Products; Access to the World Wide Web: Technical, Policy and Implementation Issues; Universal Design Media; Digital Content for Individuals with Print Disabilities; Education and Research: Inclusive Design Research Initiatives at the Royal College of Art; An International Web-Based Collection of Universal Design Exemplars; Assessing Universal Design Performance; Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom; Camp Aldersgate: A New Model for Architectural Education; Are Retrofitted Entrances for Wheelchair Users Separate and Unequal?; Pilot Research on Signage for Persons with Visual Impairments; Redefining Design and Disability: The P-E Fit Model; The Past and Future of Universal Design; A Critical Review of the Promises and Failures of Universal Design