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Universal Design – An Overview

Introduction

Howard Kramer – [email protected] available at:

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Today’s Outline

What is Universal Design?

What are its benefits? What factors are driving the

interest and implementation of Universal Design?

Real world examples of UD

Key Concept

User Centered Design

How does it relate to UD?

Universal Design – Origins & Definition

What is Universal Design? Universal design is the design of

products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. – Ron Mace, Architect, Product Designer, Educator

UD Defined – variations on a theme

…[T]he practice of designing products or environments that can be effectively and efficiently used by people with a wide range of abilities operating in a wide range of situations (Vanderheiden, 1997, p. 2014).

…[B]uilding products that are robust and accommodating. Universal designs take account of differences in sight, hearing, mobility, speech, and cognition. Universal design helps not only people with disabilities, but also any of us when we’re tired, busy, or juggling many tasks (Francik, 1996).

UD Defined – variations on a theme

…[T]he design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. The intent of universal design is to simplify life for everyone by making products, communications, and the built environment more usable by as many people as possible at little or no extra cost. Universal design benefits people of all ages and abilities (Center for Universal Design, n.d.).

Beyond the Physical Environment

Universal Design for Digital Media Text equivalents for graphics Resizable font, adequate contrast, user-controllable

styles Captioning for multimedia Clear and consistent navigation

Universal Design for Learning Multiple means of representation Multiple means of action & expression Multiple means of engagement

Universal Design vs. Accessibility

Universal design, or design for inclusion, is a process to ensure that E&IT is inclusive, accessible, and usable by everyone, including people with disabilities.

Accessible design is a step forward when developing E&IT products, but it tends to lead to technologies that will be used separately, or in addition to, the main E&IT product, which diminishes the effectiveness of designing for all.

*From “Design for Inclusion: Creating a New Marketplace.” National Council on Disability (2004)

Picture from IDeA Center – the Goals of UDhttp://udeworld.com/dissemination/presentations.html

From the IDeA Center – The Goals of UDhttp://udeworld.com/dissemination/presentations.html

Who is our Audience* People with disabilities are at a high risk of

exclusion. Other consumer groups are also at risk. They are— Individuals 65+ years old Consumers living in low-bandwidth information

infrastructures People who never learned to read Users of English as a Second Language (ESL) Tourists and people living in multilingual societies Consumers living in high-density populations

*From “Design for Inclusion: Creating a New Marketplace.” National Council on Disability (2004)

NCD Report – Key Finding

Designing with access in mind can significantly increase the size of targeted markets for electronic and information technology (E&IT).

“Situational Disability”

Captioning in noisy room

Stroller at curbcut

Driving

7 Principles of Universal Design

7 Principles of Universal Design

Equitable Use Flexibility in Use Simple and Intuitive Use Perceptible Information Tolerance for Error Low Physical Effort Size and Space for Approach and Use

Universal Design Examplesin the physical environment

Avoid stairs Split level

floors, sunken surfaces

Picture from IDeA Center – the Goals of UDhttp://udeworld.com/dissemination/presentations.html

From the IDeA Center – The Goals of UDhttp://udeworld.com/dissemination/presentations.html

From the IDeA Center – The Goals of UDhttp://udeworld.com/dissemination/presentations.html

Curbless Showers

The closed fist test.

Visual Cues

Equitable Flexible Simple & Intuitive Perceptible Tolerance for error Low physical effort Size & space

appropriate

The Benefits UD

Reach a wider audience Prevents segregation of users to different

products, environments and services Make your products, environments and

services more usable for everyone and thus more effective

Allows access to global markets Encourages user-centered design which leads

to better designed products Makes your products more universal & thus

more valuable Can promote the development of innovative

technologies

The Semantic Web – Definitions

Semantics (from Greek sēmantiká, neuter plural of sēmantikós - signifier)[1][2] is the study of meaning. It focuses on the relation between signifiers, such as words, phrases, signs and symbols, and what they stand for, their denotata.1

The Semantic Web describes the relationships between things (like A is a part of B and Y is a member of  Z) and the properties of things (like size, weight, age, and price)2

1 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics2 http://www.w3schools.com/web/web_semantic.asp

http://www.colorado.edu/ODECE/UDAC/physics%20page-2.htm

The Benefits of Web Standards

Makes it easier for people & search engines to find your content – (including AT users)

Separating structure and behavior makes your site easier and less expensive to develop & test. (And much easier to update).

Makes your site lighter (smaller file size) Semantic markup makes your site more

accessible to different kinds of browsers and devices, incl. mobile devices and AT

Designing with standards in ensures that your site is forward compatible.

What’s Driving Interest in UD

Access as a civil right Section 508 of Rehab. Act. ADA International Laws

Demographics 1 in 5 people in the U.S. has a disability 1 in 10 have a severe disability 2003 – 36 million aged 65+ in U.S. (about 12% of

pop.) 50% have disability

2030 – 70 million 65+ (20% of pop.)

Globalization | Emerging Markets Tourism | immigration | globalization

More non-English or non-readers

Demographics – who is our audience?

Do we design with the user in mind?

If so, who is our “user.”

Use of two hands, the vision and hearing of a typical 20-year old

English speaking Desktop/laptop

user

Non-mouse user

Screen Reader (Blind) user

Screen enlargement (low vision)

Deaf user iPhone user (or

other mobile browsing device)

Zeldman – “the blind billionaire”

Google and other search engines are, in effect, “blind users.” Structure Text/semantics

Curriculum Materials

Chisholm, Wendy; May, Matt. Universal Design for Web Applications

Zeldman, Jeffrey. Designing with Web Standards (3rd Edition)

Shea & Holzschlag. The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web.

Norman, David A. The Design of Everyday Things (2002).

Cooper, Alan; Reimann Robert M. About Face 2.0: The Essentials of Interaction Design (2003)

Evaluation & Remediation Tools

Wave (Toolbar) – wave.webaim.org Functional Accessibility Evaluator 1.1

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/accessibility-evaluation-toolb/

Achecker – http://achecker.ca/

Web Dev’l Toolbar https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

addon/web-developer/

Accessing Higher GroundConference

Accessible Media, Web & Technology November 12 - 16, 2012 Hands-on sessions on Web Access,

Assistive Technology Upcoming teleconferences Can purchase audio dvd of proceedings &

access materials & handouts online Westin Hotel - between Boulder & Denver www.colorado.edu/ATconference