TOO MANY ARCHITECTS, PLANNERS, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS AND URBAN DESIGNERS REDUCE THE ADA TO SOME KIND OF ONEROUS HURDLE THAT MUST BE LEAPED
That is why I tell my clients and students to comply with the ADA, but think in term of Universal Design.
The term was coined by the late Ron Mace, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, educator and planner.
He used a wheelchair
for mobility but was very deliberate in not naming his creation
"disability” or “wheelchair" design.
Mace did so because he knew that good design was useful and beautiful—for all.
Take a curb ramp or a well-protected crosswalk.
Yes, it makes mobility possible for my wife.
But it's also great for infants in strollers, kids on bikes, elders using
walkers/crutches—not to mention Miami gals that love high heels to thousands of
delivery people rolling millions of goods that keep our economy functioning.
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