Architectural, Environmental, and Product Design

Accessible Housing
Accommodation and Compliance Series: Employees with Fibromyalgia Syndrome provided by the Office of Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor
Adaptive Architecture
Adaptive Environments human centered design
Center for Accessible Environments (CAE) is concerned with the practicalities of inclusive design in the built environment. [United Kingdom]
Center for Universal Design The Center for Universal Design is a national research, information, and technical assistance center that evaluates, develops, and promotes universal design in housing, public and commercial facilities, and related products.
Certified Aging-in-Place Specialists provided by AARP
Easy Living with Universal Design A booklet that provides information on how to begin modifying existing homes into a design that fits every lifestyle, and provides Internet resources to contact, should the consumer wish to build a new home. It includes a selection of resources available locally (Virginia), regionally and nationally. The booklet is a product of the Prince William Aging in Place Committee, a sub-committee of the Prince William Long Term Care Coordinating Committee, under the direction of the Prince William Area Agency on Aging.
Environmental, Safety, and Health Communication SIG of the Society for Technical Communication (STC)
Gifts For The Disabled: Accessibility To The Arts - What if cultural institutions and entertainment venues provided small improvements to make the arts accessible or more accessible for the disabled? From the Gotham Gazette, 26 December 2006
Home Design for Aging in Place provided by AARP
Illustrators and Visual Designers SIG of STC
Information Design and Architecture SIG of STC
Lifts and ramps
National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modifications
Research Information for Independent Living (RIIL)
The Design Linc an online Interior Design resource and information service
Usability & User Experience SIG of STC
Universal Designers
Universal Design Principles from the Center for Universal Design, College of Design, North Carolina State University

This entry was posted on Monday, April 21st, 2008 at 12:10 am and is filed under Technology.
Tags: accessible, aging, architectural, care, design, environment, housing, independent living, safety
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