Universal Design Handbook

• One-stop reference to both American and international universal design standards
• CD-ROM includes new American with Disabilities Act code requirements, illustrated standards, checklists, and technical fact sheets, ready for downloading
• Covers guidelines from buildings to telecommunications

• Residential, commercial, workplace, office, educational, recreational, and entertainment
• Elderly and/or disabled people, and children
• Vision, hearing, touch, and developmental disabilities as well as mobility limitations
• Telecommunications, information technology, and electronics accessibility
• Automobile and product design
• Outdoor, wilderness, and children's play areas
• Healing design
• Assessment of invidual needs
• Legal issues and cases
• International standards, from the ADAAG to Japan, Canada, Australia, and more
• Problem-solving case studies from around the world

As baby boomers reach their golden years and the number of permanently disabled people in the US hovers around 50 million, design that welcomes everyone grows more popular and more necessary. Building on legal mandates for public accommodations in the US and elsewhere, universal design that works for all people, of all ages and abilities, has become not only a kinder, gentler choice, but a wiser and more economically farsighted one as well. In fact, accessibility answers have become need-to-know information for construction professionals. Here, for smart architects, designers, builders, and planners is the first complete, one-stop source of information on all the standards. This HANDBOOK explains not only major international standards but offers inspiring design solutions from around the world as well.

ON THE CD-ROM

• Technical and Design Data
• Proposed Rule of the Americans With Disabilities Act and Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Guidelines
• Downloadable ADAAG and dimensional standards
• Amendments to the ADAAG

• Introduction
• Premises and perspectives in universal design
• Universal design guidelines and accessibility standards
• Public policies, systems, and issues
• Residential environments
• Universla design practice
• Education and research
• Case studies
• Infomation technology
• The future of universal design
• Index