WHY UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS CRITICAL

TOO MANY ARCHITECTS, PLANNERS, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS AND URBAN DESIGNERS REDUCE THE ADA TO SOME KIND OF ONEROUS HURDLE THAT MUST BE LEAPED

I believe Universal Design and equity/inclusion for people with disabilities works the same way. 

Ensure input from people with disabilities at workshops. 

Better still: educate, recruit, hire, retain and promote people with disabilities who create and regulate the built environment. 

Conscious efforts to boost the numbers of women and people of color in planning has reaped fabulous benefits. 

The time has come to do the same with people with disabilities.