Universal design

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Universal design is the design of buildings, products or environments to make them accessible to people, regardless of age, disability, or other factors. It emerged as a rights-based, anti-discrimination measure, which seeks to create design for all abilities. Evaluating material and structures that can be utilized by all.^[1] It addresses common barriers to participation by creating things that can be used by the maximum number of people possible.^[2] “When disabling mechanisms are to be replaced with mechanisms for inclusion, different kinds of knowledge are relevant for different purposes. As a practical strategy for inclusion, Universal Design involves dilemmas and often difficult priorities.”^[1] Curb cuts or sidewalk ramps, which are essential for people in wheelchairs but also used by all, are a common example of universal design.