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Universal Design Resource List
This is a partial listing of resources compiled by the Office for AccessAbility
at the National Endowment for the Arts (Voice: 202.682.5532; Fax: 202.682.5715;
TTY: 202.682-5496; Website: www.arts.gov). Updated August 2002.
Access Board
United States Architectural and Transportation Barrier Compliance
Board
1331 F St. NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1111
(Voice) 202.272.0080
800.872.2253
(TTY) 202.272.0082
800.993.2822
(FAX) 202.272.0081
Email: info@access-board.gov
Web: www.access-board.gov |
An independent federal agency that developed
the ADA Accessibility Guidelines and the minimum guidelines and
requirements on which the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards
are based. Free publications on the minimum guidelines for design,
construction, and alteration to buildings and vehicles to make them
accessible to people with disabilities can be downloaded from the
Web site. The Board provides technical assistance and information
on architectural requirements of the ADA and other access-related
legislation; and on architectural, communication, and transportation
accessibility. Check the "Publications" page of the Web
site or write or call for a list of free publications. |
Adaptive Environments
374 Congress Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02210
(Voice) 617.695.1225
(TTY) same
(FAX) 617.482.8099
Email: info@adaptiveenvironments.org
Web: www.adaptenv.org
Contact: Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director |
Adaptive Environments is a Boston-based
non profit dedicated to promoting access and universal design, locally,
nationally and internationally -'Working to make the World Fit for
All People'. The organization meets its mission through education
programs, technical assistance, training, consultation, publications,
and design advocacy. Work is project-based and varies in scope ranging
from urban planning, culture, housing to and Access to the Design
professions. This educational project, inspired by and dedicated
to the late Ron Mace, will find ways that people with disabilities
can enter and sustain themselves in the professions of architecture,
industrial design, interior design, and landscape architecture.
Adaptive Environments developed publications to educate the public
about access and universal design with funding form the U.S. Department
of Justice, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDRR) and the National Endowment for the Arts. Examples
of some of the publications are: Readily Available Checklist: A
Survey for Accessibility, Achieving Physical and Communication Accessibility,
Consumer's Guide to Home Adaptation, ADA Fact Sheets, ADA Cost Catalog
for Home Modifications, ADA Core Curriculum, and Strategies for
Teaching Universal Design. |
American Association of Retired
Persons (AARP) Resource Service Group
Dept. QD
601 E. Street, NW
Washington, DC 20049
(Voice) 202.434.6049
(TTY) 202.434.6560
(FAX) 202.434.6466
Web: www.aarp.org
Contact: Leon Harper |
AARP's free publications provides housing
and consumer education for older people. Some of these publications
are: Home Modifications Scrapbook, an idea-filled scrapbook of pictures
showing older people making their homes more comfortable, safer
and more supportive. Doable Renewable Home identifies and explains
ways to make a home more comfortable and suitable for a person with
physical limitations. AARP Universal Design Information Packet highlights
key features that allow persons to remain in their home for as long
as they by wish by applying a relatively new concept known as "universal
design". Staying At Home: A Guide To Long-Term Care And Housing
, describes the range of support services and housing options available
in many communities, how to find these services and comments on
payment and quality issues. Lists state sources of information and
assistance.Remember to allow four to six weeks for delivery. |
American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5292
(Voice) 202.626.7300
(FAX) 202.626.7425
Web: www.aia.org
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A useful website for architects and
designers interested in network. Also has information and articles
on design for aging and universal design. |
American Institute of Graphic
Arts
164 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(Voice) 212/807-1990
(FAX) 212.807.1799
Email: AIGAnswers@aiga.org
Web:www.aiga.org/ |
The purpose of AIGA is to further excellence
in communication design as a broadly defined discipline, strategic
tool for business and cultural force. AIGA is the place design professionals
turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in
critical analysis and research and advance education and ethical
practice. |
Center for Inclusive Design
& Environmental Access (IDEA)
School of Architecture and Planning
University of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14214-3087
(Voice) 716.829.3485 x329
(FAX) 716.829.3861
Email: idea@ap.buffalo.edu
Web: www.ap.buffalo.edu/idea/ |
IDEA is dedicated to improving the design
of environments and products by making them more usable, safer and
appealing to people with a wide range of abilities, throughout their
life span. Uses research, product development, and information dissemination
to create new resources for Universal Design practice. Also, provides
resources and technical expertise in architecture, product design,
facilities management and the social and behavioral sciences to
further these agendas. |
Center for Universal Design,
The
College of Design Box 8613
219 Oberlin Road (delivery address)
Raleigh, NC 27695-8613
(Voice) 919.515.3082
800.647.6777
(TTY) 919.515.3082
800.647.6777
(FAX) 919.515.3023
Email: cud@ncsu.edu
Web: www.design.ncsu.edu/cud |
The Center for Universal Design is a
national research, information, and technical assistance center
that evaluates, develops, and promotes universal design in housing,
public and commercial facilities, and related products. |
Design Industries Foundations
for AIDS (DIFFA)
PMB #2261
101 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
(Voice) 212.727.3100
(FAX) 212.727.2574
Email: Info@DIFFA.org
Web: diffa.org/ |
A national, industry-based foundation
that funds the entire range of response to the AIDS crisis. It is
a not-for-profit organization founded in 1984 by professionals in
the interior design, furnishings, and architectural fields. DIFFA's
mission is to raise and distribute funds to AIDS organizations and
projects throughout the United States. DIFFA fosters volunteer,
donor, and corporate response to AIDS among design professionals.
Funds are used for providing AIDS education and services to persons
with AIDS. Grants support life-sustaining services, agency services,
AIDS education and prevention, housing and home care, volunteer
development, and legal advocacy |
MIG Communications
1802 Fifth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
(Voice) 510.845.0953/7549
(FAX) 510.845.8750
Email: wendyl@migcom.com
Web: www.migcom.com
Contact: Marilyn Heilman |
MIG is dedicated to implementing, adopting,
and creating environments and organizations in support of human
development. Offers specialized, up-to-date, useful, and easy-to-use
reference and curricular materials. Publications include: The Accessibility
Checklist: An Evaluation System for Buildings and Outdoors Settings,
Safety First Checklist, Natural Learning, The Accessible School,
Play for All Guidelines: Planning, Design and Management of Outdoor
Play Settings for All Children, Universal Access to Outdoor Recreation:
A Design Guide, Strategies for Teaching Universal Design. To order
these publications, call 1-800-790-8444 or email. |
National Endowment for the Arts
Office for AccessAbility
1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20506
(Voice) 202.682.5532
(TTY) 202.682.5496
(FAX) 202.682.5715
Email: richards@arts.endow.gov
Web: www.arts.gov
Contact: Ms. Suzanne Richard
Accessibility Specialist |
This office assists the Arts Endowment
and its grantees in making programs more available to people with
disabilities, older adults, veterans, and people living in institutions.
Provides a variety of technical assistance and materials including
how-to-checklists and the Community Development Block Grant report
on how to apply for federal funds to make public or private buildings
accessible. |
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
1785 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036-2117
(Voice) 202.588.6000
(TTY) 202.588.6200
Web: www. nationaltrust.org
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Provides financial and technical assistance
to organizations located in the Washington, DC metro area for historic
preservation; inner-city ventures; low-interest loans; research
and model project funding. Also, offers small grants such as: The
Preservation Services Fund which provides matching funds ranging
from $500 to $5,000 to non-profit organizations and public agencies
to initiate preservation projects; The Johanna Favrot Fund offers
grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 to non-profit organizations
and public agencies for projects that contribute to the preservation
or the recapture of an authentic sense of a place. Also, the Cynthia
Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors provides matching grants
ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 to nonprofit organizations and public
agencies for purposes of assisting in the preservation, restoration,
and interpretation of historic interiors. |
Trace Research & Development
Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
5901 Research Park Boulevard
Madison, WI 53719-1252
(Voice) 608.262.6966
(TTY) 608.263.5408
(FAX) 608.262.8848
Email: web@trace.wisc.edu
Web: trace.wisc.edu/ |
Trace is a part of the College of Engineering,
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Trace has been a pioneer in the
field of technology and disability. They are currently working on
ways to make standard information technologies and telecommunication
systems more accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
Trace is also involved in the development of the Universal Design/
Disability Access Program (Part of the National Computational Science
Alliance (NCSA). The Alliance is involved in the development of
supercomputing systems and applications, and it is Trace's role
to help ensure that they are built in a manner that makes them more
accessible for people with disabilities.) Universal Design Research
Project (a three year study designed to gain an understanding of
why and how companies adopt universal design, and what factors discourage
or impede the adoption and successful practice of universal design.) |
Universal Design Initiative
J.L. Muller, Inc.
PO Box 222514
Chantilly, VA 22022-2514
(Voice) 703.222.5808
(FAX) 703.378.5079
Email: jlminc@monumental.com |
Universal Design Initiative is a collaborative
project to carry out distribution of the video Toward Universal
Design and promote the concept of universal design among professionals
and the public. Toward Universal Design (video is free but there
is a $15 shipping & handling fee) is a 15 minutes long open-caption
formatted video-tape that offers the candid viewpoints of design
leaders. Design educators and students are shown grappling the constraints
and opportunities of the Universal Design approach. |
Universal Designers & Consultants
6 Grant Ave.
Takoma Park, MD 20912
(Voice) 301.270.2470
(FAX) 301.270.8199
Email: UDandC@erols.com
Web: universaldesign.com |
Has many publications and consulting
services, including Universal Design Newsletter, a 12-page quarterly
publication that provides up-to-date and dependable information
about accessible design, compliance with the ADA, and the emerging
field of universal design. Each issue contains the latest technical
information from the nation's most knowledgeable experts in the
field of accessible facility and product design. Regular columns
include FedWatch, Accessibility Tips, New Products, New Media, and
Calendar of Events. Articles provide valuable information on timely
topics such as detectable warnings, entry doors, public restrooms,
historic preservation, recreation, housing, ATM's, and employee
accessibility. The cost of subscription is $35.00 per year. |
National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal
agency
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20506 |