2. What is Universal Design?
According to Wikipedia:
“Universal
design refers to broad-
spectrum ideas meant
to produce buildings,
products and
environments that are
inherently accessible to
both people without
disabilities and people
with disabilities.”
3. Process of Identify the application: Figure out
the product or environment to start a
UD:
UD.
Define Universe: Talk about the
entire population and then describe the
• Universal diverse characteristics of potential
members.
Design can Involve consumers: Consider and
be used for involve people with diverse
characteristics in all phases of the
a variety of development, implementation, and
applications. evaluation of the application.
Adopt guidelines and standards.
Apply guidelines and standards.
Plan for accommodations: For
example: purchase of assistive
technology, arrangement for sign
language interpreters.
Train and support:
Instructors, Volunteers.
Evaluate: See if it is working.
5. Implementing Universal Design
Teachers use hands on
activities to help the
student understand
better rather than
reading the material out
of their books.
Ex: Showing students
sugar molecules instead
of reading Chap. 3 in
their science book.
