Continuing Education: Universal Design

Level Playing Field: A group of recent projects demonstrates that true universal design goes beyond mere accessibility.

March 1, 2016

In 2015, the New York transit system opened its first new subway station in 25 years; the city of Toronto hosted the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games; the YMCA opened a new facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and a San Antonio school for deaf children won a design award for redefining what a learning place can be. What united these disparate events was an underlying commitment to including as wide a range of users as possible: in other words, to universal design.

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Continuing Education: Universal Design

Level Playing Field: A group of recent projects demonstrates that true universal design goes beyond mere accessibility.

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