ALL URBAN DESIGN SHOULD BE HUMAN-CENTERED

UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS THE PATH TO ACHIEVING IT

Call me the Universal Design Evangelist.

The Pied Piper of inclusion for all. 

Jane Jacobs biographer Jenna Lang once dubbed me “the Jane Jacobs of Universal Design.”

I was a direct caregiver to a person who battled chronic pain, dozens of surgeries and used a power wheelchair for mobility.

I might not be able to stamp plans like an architect or engineer – but for 35 years, I saw first-hand the humiliation of using a wheelchair ramp in an unlit back alley – at a brand new building that should have featured access at the main entrance.