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Most cities are utterly unfriendly to people with disabilities – but with almost one billion estimated to be urban-dwellers by 2050, a few cities are undergoing a remarkable shift

The term, “Universal Design���(UD) was coined by the late architect, Ron Mace, founder of the Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University. In the late 1990s, Mace and his colleague…

Selywn Goldsmith, the author of Designing for the Disabled (1963), pioneered free access for disabled people and is credited with the creation of the

One of my favorite things in the world is stumbling across a design that's both creative yet so painfully obvious, it makes me wonder why nobody thought of it b

Rick Hansen Foundation Ambassador Jenna Reed-Côte worked with designer Kendall Ansell to finally transform her condo into the barrier-free space she needed.

The innovations in these projects go above and beyond the requisite wheelchair-accessible ramp, demonstrating how modern architects are designing for disabilities in new and inventive ways.

Accessible homes are now following Universal Design principles, which create accessibility by focusing on usability and livability.

Universal design doesn't need to be ugly--and, more so, shouldn't be. Done well, it's undifferentiated design for the whole population, for disabled and nondisabled people alike, as Graham Pullin, the author of Design Meets Disability, says in Universal Design 101, which he penned for Dwell's March 2010 kitchen-themed issue. Eight years ago, Italian kitchen company Snaidero adapted this belief and set out to create an attractive kitchen collection called Skyline.

Tucked in a Chicago suburb, the Courtyard Residence celebrates the outdoors while responding to the needs of each family member.