"Vitruvius" is the name given to a new home designed by Heartland Homes in collaboration with the Research Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Lab) in the School of Architecture ...

Rosemarie Rossetti and her husband, Mark Leder, created a sustainable universal design home. CHICAGO — According to U.S. Census Bureau figures, about one in seven Americans is disabled. That number is ...

The CDC targets the bathroom as the most dangerous room in the house. Every year, about 235,000 people over the age of 15 come to the emergency room with injuries they’ve sustained in the bathroom, ...

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a way to structure your course so it is fully accessible to as many students as possible without a need for modifications or accommodations. It draws from ...

The Seven Principles of Universal Design have been influencing accessibility practitioners for years. They are typically applied by designers – of space, software, equipment, however they can also be ...

Universal Design of Research (UDR) draws on concepts from three disciplines. Click on each of the three disciplines listed below to learn about the concepts drawn from that discipline used in UDR.

In a nutshell, Universal Design for Learning, or UDL, is a framework that urges educators, policymakers, and all education stakeholders to think about teaching and learning in a way that gives all ...