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Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. [1] The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible developments ensures both "direct access" (i.e. unassisted) and "indirect access" meaning compatibility with a person's assistive technology (for ...
Universal design is the design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to people, regardless of age, disability, or other factors. It emerged as a rights -based, anti- discrimination measure, which seeks to create design for all abilities.
Tulane engineering students have partnered with the nonprofit organization Make Good to design wheelchairs for very small children. Engineering students helping children with disabilities through ...
These devices help students both with and without disabilities access the curriculum in a way they were previously unable to (Koch, 2017). [51] Occupational therapists play an important role in educating students, parents and teachers about the assistive technology they may interact with. [51]
Inclusive design is a design process in which a product, service, or environment is designed to be usable for as many people as possible, particularly groups who are traditionally excluded from being able to use an interface or navigate an environment.
These games are not only great examples of accessible games, but also drive innovation in game design. In recent years, game accessibility has been actively researched, for example in student projects . [13] The unique limitations of the target group make such projects interesting, instructive and challenging for students.
Universal design calls for "the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design". [7] UDL applies this general idea to learning: that curriculum should, from the outset, be designed to accommodate all kinds of learners. [ 1 ]
The Center for Universal Design at NCSU established a set of Principles of Universal Design [5] based on UD to guide and evaluate the design process, with a goal toward creating more accessible products and environments. Universal Design for Instruction is an educational framework and set of strategies that applies both UD and the Principles of ...