Accessible Design/Universal Design Resources

Seven Principles of Universal Design

1. Equitable Use: The design is useful and marketable to any group of users.
2. Flexibility in Use: The design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities.
3. Simple and Intuitive Use: Use of the design is easy to understand.
4. Perceptible Information: The design communicates necessary information effectively to the user.
5. Tolerance for Error: The design minimizes hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental or unintentional actions.
6. Low Physical Effort: The design can be used efficiently and comfortably.
7. Size and Space for Approach and Use: Appropriate size and space is provided for approach and use.

• General Concepts, Universal Design Principles and Guidelines
• ADAAG Review Advisory Committee Recommendations
• Building and Facilities Guidelines
• HUD - Q & A Accessablity Guidelines
• Designing an Accessible World

• Adaptive Access - Wheelchair Accessable ADA Design
• Concrete Change - An international effort to make all homes visitable
• E&A's accessAbility Web Site
• The Center for Universal Design
• The Design Linc Resource and Information Center
• Accessible Landscapes - Dedicated to designing for inclusion.
• U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
• Accessible Homes Home Page
• Adaptive Environments Center Home Page
• woningaanpassingen voor gehandicapten (Dutch) -advice about home adaptations
• Universal Designers & Consultants, Inc.
• Ramp Study
• Number 1 Stair Lifts - The Home Stair Lift Resource
• Inclusion - Occupational Therapists with over 16 years experience in meeting your DDA, Occupational therpay (OT) service
• Designing Accessible Communities

• A&R Wholesale - the premier walk in tub retailer featuring the new acrylic walk in bathtub from Safety Tubs.
• The Design Linc - Accessible design and resources
• Easy Access - specializing in accessable buliding access
• DiaDot Disability Solutions - helping people who are handicapped, disabled, or elderly, find the correct way to modify their homes or offices so they can lead more independent and productive lives
• For Your Convenience - A solutions company that also designs accessible and universal housing, specialists in accessible kitchen and bathroom design.
• Dynamic Living - Solutions for Easier Living
• H.R. Gray and Associates - ADA curb ramp design, training and construction.
• Tapmaster Hands Free Faucet Controllers by Integra Dynamics Inc.
• Smart Spaces - Extensive experience in ADA Requirements & Remodeling
• SMART Thinking - high end  technology and residential accommodation
• Specially Adapted Manufactured Home by Mid-South Home Center
• Tub-Master.com - grab bars, shower seats, Barrier Free folding shower enclosure
• Universal Access to Outdoor Environments
• Universal Concepts & Design, Inc.
• Vanguard Online - - ADA Systems, Detectable warnings, Non skid surface textures
• Wingits grab bar fastening system!

• Universal Designed "Smart" Homes for the 21st Century
• UDhomes - universal home design plans
• United Design Associates - Accessible Home Plans
• Accessible Home Designs

• Accessible Space, Inc.
• Adaptive Architecture
• Alan Hamm Architects
• Falcon Homes - Easy Access Design
• Accessible Designs - Adjustable Systems, Inc.
• Turtle Homes: Accessible Housing For Independent Living

• asktooltalk.com - Articles - Accessibility
• Improve Accessibility: Build a Wheelchair Ramp
• Ideas and instructions for building a handicapped accessible bathroom
• Accessible Bathrooms
• The Accessible Kitchen
• The Accessible Kitchen

• A House for Michael - Story of How One Man's Dream for Self-Sufficiency on a Remote Ranch Became a Reality
• A Training Manual for Americans With Disabilities Act Compliance in Parks and Recreation Settings
• Accessible Design Review Guide An Adaag Guide for Designing and Specifying Spaces, Buildings, and Sites
• The Accessible Home: Updating Your Home for Changing Physical Needs
• Accessible Housing by Design Universal Design Principles in Practice
• Adapting Housing for People With Disabilities
• Americans With Disabilities Act - Facilities Compliance Workbook
• Barrier-Free Design - A Manual for Building Designers and Managers
• Beautiful Universal Design: A Visual Guide
• Building for a Lifetime : The Design and Construction of Fully Accessible Homes
• Design for Assisted Living : Guidelines for Housing the Physically and Mentally Frail
• Design for Dignity - Studies in Accessibility
• Easy Things to Make to Make Things Easy - Simple Do-It-Yourself Home Modifications for People With Physical Limitations
• Elderdesign : Designing and Furnishing a Home for Your Later Years
• Everyone's Nature/Designing Interpretation to Include All
• Gracious Spaces
• High-Access Home : Design and Decoration for Barrier-Free Living
• Products & Plans for Universal Homes
• The Accessible Housing Design File
• The Accessible Museum - Model Programs of Accessibility for Disabled and Older People
• The In-law Suite : Floor Plans & More
• The Right Space: A Wheelchair Accessibility Guide for Single-Family Homes
• Universal Design - Creative Solutions for Ada Compliance
• Universal Kitchen & Bathroom Planning : Design That Adapts to People

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