Universal and accessible design for products, services, and processes [electronic resource] / Robert F. Erlandson.

Providing definitions and numerous examples, this book introduces the societal and global context for accessible and universal design. It then focuses on accessible design, the legal mandates, guidelines, and U.S. government regulatory and resource agencies. The book covers universal design principl...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Erlandson, Robert F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • The time has come
  • Design: universal design/accessible design/adaptable design
  • Disability, laws, and accessible design
  • Disability and design
  • Accessible design
  • Universal design principles, strategies, and examples
  • Hierarchical structure of universal design principles and implications for the design process
  • Ergonomically sound
  • Perceptible
  • Cognitively sound
  • Flexible
  • Error-managed (proofed)
  • Efficient (muda elimination)
  • Stable and predictable
  • Equitable: transcending, integrating
  • Universal and accessible design in the workplace
  • The world wide web : accessibility and universal design
  • Ethical considerations and conclusions
  • Ethics and universal design
  • Universal and accessible design from a social and political perspective.