How To Design For Disabilities
Today, it is estimated that nearly one in five Americans live with some form of disability. That's roughly 50 million people—a number that only continues to grow. Several architects, like Michael Graves (who was left paralyzed from the waist down after a virulent sinus infection), have lamented that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 guidelines have not gone far enough to protect those with limitations.
Monica Ponce de Leon, dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, has advocated for "universal design" principles, demanding that everything—from products to the built environment— be usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or status in life.
Read the full article at Architizer
(http://architizer.com/blog/design-for-disabilities/)
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