Universal design aims to make products and spaces accessible to all people regardless of ability. It involves getting input from diverse consumers and establishing standards for accessibility. These principles are applied in education to provide multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression to accommodate all learners. Universal design removes barriers to give every student an equal opportunity to succeed.

2. WHAT IS UNIVERSAL DESIGN?
Universal Design is when companies and
businesses have created a product or location
for the business that caters to every type of
person. This could include a typical person, one
with a disability, or someone who is
handicapped.

3. HOW DOES IT WORK?
The typical process to have something that is Universally
Designed:
1. Figure out the product or location where Universal
Design is needed
2. Describe the people who use the business or product and
then describe customers who could possibly use the
product or service.
3. Communicate with the consumers to get their input about
the design.
4. Set standards for the Universal Design for best practices.
5. Use the standards.
6. Plan for the adjustments that the design is set up for.
7. Train everyone involved and provide support.
8. Evaluate the Universal Design from all the previous steps.

4. UNIVERSAL DESIGN IN EDUCATION
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Schools have typically been set up for the average student.
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Universal Design allows schools to give every student, from one who
has a disability to one who is gifted and even the average student, to
have the best chance possible to succeed.
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They base their designs off of how the learner picks up information,
how students “express and act on the information,” and how students
were “engaged by the learning situation.
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Information should not just be presented in one specific way to the
students.
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The materials in the classroom also need to be designed for every type
of learner as well.

5. THREE PRINCIPLES OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR
LEARNERS.
1. Provide Multiple Means of Representation
the
This includes how the information is presented to
students.
2. Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression
This includes how the teachers ask their students
how to show what they know.
3. Provide Multiple Means of Engagement
This is how the teachers motivate and engage their
students in learning.

6. IMPLEMENTATION
Universal Design is set up to get rid of any disabilities by giving every
student an equal opportunity to learn the best they can. This does not
mean giving everyone equal materials and the same test questions.
This design is to give someone who maybe can’t hear someone who can
sign the lesson to them as you are teaching it. Also the end assessment
can be not a typical pencil and paper test but one that that is changed
to allow the hearing impaired student a way to succeed.

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