ALL URBAN DESIGN SHOULD BE HUMAN-CENTERED

UNIVERSAL DESIGN IS THE PATH TO ACHIEVING IT

The ADA National Network has calculated that the cost of incorporating accessibility features in new construction is less than one percent of construction costs.

The organization notes that is a small price in relation to the economic benefits to be derived from full accessibility in the future, such as increased employment and consumer spending.

Yet less than one percent of all housing in the U.S. is readily accessible to people who use wheelchairs.

Virtually all of that is in multifamily units.

Quick side note.

Because my personal and professional experience is rooted in physical disability, that is what most of my “do this, don’t do that” examples are built on.

I stick to what I know, but beyond mobility disabilities – cities and the professionals that design/build them MUST also address visual, hearing and cognitive disabilities.