Democratize the universal design

  • Authors:

  • Sami Ben Fradj

  • Affiliations:

  • Universal Design, Kobe-shi hyogo-ku

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 7th International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

Universal Design is a concept that tries to make minorities' life, especially persons with disabilities, better: not only be by destroying physical barriers but also by trying to include them socially. Some Universal Design solutions exist and are being developed. Unfortunately, this development concerns few countries especially from the developed world. The idea is to look for the reasons why the inclusive design's ideas are not universal (we can not find them everywhere). This work aims a better understanding for the different realities of representative countries in order to find a way to introduce Universal Design where there is a lake of awareness about it.