User:Profmgo/Inclusive Design

Inclusive Design

Inclusive design is currently used in the UK to describe "environments that promote human functioning" (Preiser and Ostroff 2001), whilst in the United States the term universal design is more commonly used. Other terms that have been used prior to this have been barrier-free design, transgenerational design, life span design, accessibility and design for all. Design for all is the term currently being promoted by Council of Europe and the European Commission in their centres of excellence initiatives.

Inclusive design is a way of designing products and environments so they are usable and appealing to everyone regardless of age, ability or circumstance by working with users to remove barriers in the social, technical, political and economic processes underpinning building and design. (Newton and Ormerod 2003).