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

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

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.