Inclusive Design A Universal Need

Inclusive Design: A Universal Need reaches beyond the successes and challenges of universal design since the inception of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 and its amendment in 2008. Fully covering CIDA accreditation standards that include both the application of ADA as well as universal design, this textbook further specifies how an inclusive approach to residential, commercial, product design, and technology creates accessible and aesthetically pleasing environments and tools for everyone to use together-not only for the aging or differently abled, the tall or the short, but for all. Inclusive design is nondiscriminatory design.

Linda L. Nussbaumer, PhD, ASID, IDEC, is a Certified Interior Designer in Minnesota and a professor of interior design at South Dakota State University (SDSU). She has published in the Journal of Interior Design, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education, and Implications.

Foundations for Inclusive Design
Legislation That Precedes Inclusive Design
Inclusive Design
Integrating Inclusive Design into the Design Process
Inclusive Design for Products and Environments
Product Design and Inclusivity
Residential Design
Commercial Design—An Overview
Office Design
Healthcare and Institutional Design
Hospitality, Retail, and Other Commercial Design
Advocates of Inclusive Design
The People