Global Universal Design Educators 
Monthly Online News

Produced and distributed monthly by Elaine Ostroff In cooperation with the Adaptive Environments Center, the Center for Universal Design and the Trace R&D Center; with support from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

Volume 3 Number 4, April 2001

Contents

• Editor’s Note

• News from the Global Network

  • AUSTRALIA
    • Housing Policies in Queensland
    • Western Australia – Planning Accessible Laboratories
  • CANADA
    • Home Modifications and Universal Design at Inclusion by Design
    • Universal Design Institute Research
  • COLOMBIA
    • Museo a la Vista de Todos - Universal Design at the National Museum of Colombia
  • EUROPE
    • GENIE – Survey on Educational Strategies
  • ISRAEL
    • Occupational Therapists Working on Increased Access
  • UNITED KINGDOM
    • National Register of Access Consultants ­ Progress Update
  • UNITED STATES
    • Berkeley Prize Semifinalist Winners, Jury Statement
    • Trace Center: Designing for Usability, Flexibility & Accessibility
    • Universal Design Handbook Documents Worldwide Movement
• Global Universal Design Educator’s Network e-mail list
• Calendar
• Adding your information, questions to the Online News

EDITOR’S NOTE

This issue includes an especially wide range of topics, from an international essay competition on the social aspects of architecture to a national registry of access consultants in the UK and efforts by occupational therapists to improve accessibility in Israel. Colleagues from Australia give updates on housing policy and laboratory design; colleagues from the US report on exhibit design of antiquities in Columbia, from Canada on new research, and colleagues in Europe invite your response to a survey on curriculum. Educational opportunities include a comprehensive array of presentations in housing at an international conference in Canada, a high level training program on the design of information and telecom products, and a voluminous new handbook on universal design. Check out the new entries in the Calendar section.

Information from the Monthly Online News may be freely copied and quoted as long as the individual author, and/or web site and this source is cited. Previous issues of the Online News are available online at the Adaptive Environments web site at: <http://www.adaptenv.org/global/default.asp?f=5>.

NEWS FROM THE GLOBAL NETWORK

AUSTRALIA

Housing Policies in Queensland

The Department of Housing in Queensland, Australia has made a commitment to building public housing (social) housing to incorporate universal design where possible. Approximately 60% of new dwellings constructed for the Department are designed to the principles of universal design. Of those, about 50% are allocated to individuals and families with special needs.

The Department of Housing has entered into a non-exclusive alliance with Universal Housing Pty Ltd, in order to share information and skills in design and construction. The department hopes to support and encourage private industry to respond to the needs of people with a disability. Universal Housing Pty Ltd is a private sector business based in Queensland. They began providing services in early 2001 with the intent to enhance both ownership and rental housing opportunities for people with disabilities and are currently organizing an Internet site at: <http://www.universalhousing.com.au>.

The site now includes an assessment form for users; design options are ‘coming soon.’ Linked from this site is the Queensland Department of Housing at:

<http://www.housing.qld.gov.au/>. (Ed note: this government web site is the most user-oriented site I have ever experienced. Check it out to see how they communicate, in terms of what users may need as opposed to what the organization is offering.) Thanks to the Queensland Disability Housing Coalition, Inc. for this report. For more information on housing in Queensland, contact Angela Capelli at angela@pqaq.com.au>.

Western Australia – Planning Accessible Laboratories

‘Accessible Laboratory Design’ is a new publication from the University of Western Australia Student Services. Written by Jaye Johnson, the illustrated booklet provides design solutions that go beyond minimum access requirements and attempts to offer design ideas that make the scientific setting as usable for as many people as possible, in an inclusive manner.

It includes the results of a survey of staff and students on laboratory difficulties, their suggestions for improved design, and key design features.  For information on ordering, contact Jaye Johnson at uniline@admin.uwa.edu.au>.

CANADA

Home Modifications and Universal Design, Inclusion by Design

The National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification is co-sponsoring ‘Inclusion By Design: Planning the Barrier-Free World’ conference, June 1-5, 2001 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They have organized ‘The International Morton Kesten Summit on Home Modification,’ the plenary session featuring international perspectives on inclusive housing, followed by a reception, Saturday, June 2. Throughout the conference there is an extensive array of sessions on home modification and universal design in home environments that includes: policies and funding that support home modifications; Flex housing; housing policies in Australia, Brazil, Canada;

Japan, the United Kingdom, and the USA; housing for children; housing design to support aging in place; and affordability. 2001. To register online, go to the conference website at http://www.ccrw.org.

Universal Design Institute Research

The Universal Design Institute at the University of Manitoba will conduct focus groups that include questions on the principles of universal design, as part of a post-occupancy evaluation of a long-term care facility, reports Laurie Ringaert. She also announces the completion of the study ‘Determination of New Dimensions for Universal Design Codes and Standards with Consideration of Powered Wheelchair and Scooter Users,’ by L. Ringaert, D. Rapson, J. Qui, J.  Cooper, & E. Shwedyk (2001). It is available from the Universal Design Institute for $20.00. Contact: <universal_design@umanitoba.ca> or call Tanis Woodland at 204-474-8588.

COLUMBIA

Museo a la Vista de Todos - Universal Design at the National Museum of Colombia

The following article on exhibit design was invited by the Editor to describe the award winning work with the antiquities in the National Museum of Columbia.  Coco Raynes Associates has worked extensively towards providing equal information to blind and visually impaired travelers in public spaces. The firm’s latest work has focused on museums. She writes:

‘At the request of Elvira Cuervo de Jaramillo, Director of the National Museum of Colombia we were hired by the Ministry of Culture to create a Master Plan for an inclusive educational program. The Museum is housed in an ex-penitentiary built in 1874, now a historical monument. The collections, which span from the Pre-Colombian era, to the Spanish Conquest, to Contemporary Art, are displayed throughout two floors and cannot be touched.

Our goal was to address all visitors, including children, visitors using wheelchairs, visually impaired, or illiterate. The added museography had to complement the existing one, and blend with the Spanish Colonial architecture. The result is a tactile and audio itinerary that allows for an autonomous visit within the general visit, highlighting typical examples of each period. While archeological pieces could be substituted by replicas for tactile discovery, paintings, pieces of equipment or furniture were more problematic. Audio commentaries presenting the pieces in their historical context became the common denominator for sighted and non-sighted visitors.

Tempered glass with etched surface was selected for all maps and display surfaces. The material is unobtrusive and economical, and the etched technique provides raised information including tactile drawings, text and Braille, on a non-glaring surface. Maps can be further enhanced with contrasting colors on the back surface. In the museum lobby, a main directory resting on a console introduces the tactile itinerary on the slanted glass surface. At the entrance of each gallery, maps with raised columns, walls and paths further guide visitors to the exhibits.

Lecterns with adapted height fit within the existing archways of the archeological galleries. Pre-Colombian replicas are displayed on the slanted glass surfaces, along with Braille and bilingual text in large characters. Tactile drawings call attention to the objects significant characteristics. The original pieces are exhibited in the adjacent display cases. A segment of Raynes Rail, the Braille and audio handrail activated by photo-sensor, further informs all visitors and also protects the edge of the glass lectern.

For the first time we attempted to translate paintings to blind visitors.  In the Founder’s Gallery, two portraits of Bolivar depict the young victorious General and the mature defeated man. Tactile silhouettes depict the contrasting body language and the audio system plays excerpts of Bolivar’s writings from both periods. Nearby, another lectern faces an antique press on which the Bill of Rights was printed. A diagram highlights the machine’s technical features while the audio commentary states the Bill of Rights.

This comprehensive program has been very successful with the public. It has also established new criteria among the museums in Latin America. The tactile translation of paintings, an idea first viewed with skepticism, delighted non-sighted and sighted visitors who were able to appreciate the Bolivar portraits beyond the images, and within the historical context. For Phase Two of the program other paintings ranging from the 18^th to 20^th Century have already been designated.

The overall concept was established during my initial and only site visit at the Museum prior to installation. The program was then developed in our office in Boston. Once the tremendous paper work required for a governmental contract was completed, the only challenge was to accommodate all the information we wanted to offer on a limited surface. It took many conference calls with Daniel Castro, Director of Education at that time, to edit the text that was always too long for the Braille description.

When I look back at the work accomplished – I am not talking design, but rather frame of mind, I am in awe that a national museum with very limited funds (there is no admission fee), in a country of political turmoil, extended itself to invite all its citizens to come and share in their national heritage. In doing so, the National Museum of Colombia has set new standards in Universal Design.

For further information, contact Coco Raynes, at:

coco@raynesassociates.com. Ed Note: the Museum of Columbia is one of the projects selected for the CD ROM, Exemplars of Universal Design produced and distributed by the Center for Universal Design.

EUROPE

GENIE – Survey on Educational Strategies

GENIE is the Gerontechnology Education Network in Europe, focusing on ageing and use of technology to support their life. GENIE has 45 partners from 18 European countries, most of them design universities or universities of technology. The network is funded by the European Union until September this year.

One of the tasks of GENIE is to develop a web-based Learning Map for the students and tutors of gerontechnology and related subjects, e.g. Design for All and Universal Design. To ensure that the contents of the GENIE Learning Map serve its users, GENIE has prepared a questionnaire on the state-of-art of gerontechnology and related subjects’ education. The survey is online at:

<http://www.gerontechnology.org/genie/>. We ask that you complete the survey by May 27, 2001.

GERONTECHNOLOGY research and studies search for innovative ways of using technology in developing products and services for ageing users. The aim of gerontechnology is to support the ageing users’ independence and quality of everyday life. The first part, ‘geron,’ refers to seniors; the latter part, ‘technology,’ is used in a broad sense, including design of products, services and environments. Gerontechnology is strongly related to Universal Design, aiming at inclusion of as wide user groups as possible, but with a focused interest on technology and older users.

Any information that readers of the Global Universal Design Education Online News could share with us in GENIE through filling in the questionnaire would be extremely valuable and add to our knowledge on the state-of-art of gerontechnology, design for all and universal design education.

More information about GENIE is at the website address, <http://www.gerontechnology.org/genie>. 

Questions? Please contact: Päivi Tahkokallio:

STAKES The National R&D Centre on Welfare and Health <paivi.tahkokallio@stakes.fi>. 

ISRAEL

Occupational Therapists Improving Accessibility in Israel

Israeli occupational therapists are actively working on improving access in Israel, reports Shoshana Shamburg. Shamburg, a Baltimore based occupational therapist and educational consultant, was hired by the Israeli Occupational Therapy Society to do a two day training of a variety of issues related to accessibility and environmental assessment held at Tel Aviv University.

She describes the experience in the following excerpt of her notes:

‘Nurit Ivnitsky and Hanna Ziv, two of Israel’s most accomplished accessibility consultants took us on a tour of 4 projects Hanna has worked on. She is known in Israel(and her students) as the ‘Rebbe’ of accessibility and serves on many government committees and advocacy organizations.  Her tireless commitment, expertise and experience is vast and spans a 30+-year career.  She is respected for her role throughout Israel in team building with design/build professionals. I was honored to meet her.

Many of the participants in my course were her students and those OTs were highly trained and had wellsprings of knowledge and experience. Others were just beginning their training, so this course was a bit complicated and had to be adjusted to meet the varying experience of the participants.  In end I think I was able to provide enough interesting new information for the experienced and did not lose the interest of the less experienced. I presented visitability, ECHO housing or similar ideas, aging in place (they have a huge aging population), multicultural issues of service delivery (there is more diversity in one small country smaller than the size of New Jersey, than anywhere in the world), history of the US legislative process of civil rights and access for people with disabilities, etc.

Barbara Kornblau, OT, president of the American Occupational Therapy Association, a disability lawyer, and ADA consultant, came online with us through my course website chat room. It was difficult to get the flow of chatting with such a large group, with many not well versed in English written language.  Barbara got up early for us and provided some great insights about advocacy to the Israeli OTs.  Disability rights is a hot topic right now and they are going through much of what our country went through leading up to ADA and beyond’.

Shamberg leads individualized mentoring programs and can be reached at:

shoshamberg@yahoo.com>.

UNITED KINGDOM

National Register of Access Consultants ­ Progress Update

The National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC) is a resource for building owners and managers seeking advice on how to make improvements to the built environment in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for the benefit of disabled employees and customers. It facilitates the selection of reputable access auditors and consultants who can demonstrate their credentials through their membership status.

The project to launch the National Register of Access Consultants began on 1 April 1999. The pilot phase of the project was funded by the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. During this period, when the Register was established and launched, a steering group that comprised representatives of a broad selection of construction and disability organizations guided the project. When the Register was launched, the steering group became the Management Group of the Register.

The organisations represented in the Management Group include the Access Association, Arts Council of England, Institute of Building Control, Royal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR), Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the University of Reading.

To fulfil the requirements of charity law, the Management Group is a subcommittee of the Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE) Board of Trustees.  The Register is a project of CAE in collaboration with the JMU Access Partnership. Both organizations are acknowledged leaders in the field of access consultancy.

There are two types of full membership, ‘Consultant’ and ‘Auditor’. The membership type defines the access work the individuals are registered to carry out.

AUDITORS are experts in identifying access problems and giving general advice on solutions. They possess a basic knowledge of construction.

CONSULTANTS possess a higher level of construction knowledge and will probably have a construction qualification but may have gained the knowledge by another route, such as work experience. They are registered to make recommendations/ provide solutions of a technical nature as well as identifying access problems.

The Register assists clients to locate auditors and consultants free of charge.  Clients select the profile of the access practitioner that they require, for example, an access auditor with personal experience of disability, and they will receive the contact details of all members who fit that profile. The Register is available from the website <http://www.nrac.org.uk> or in print from the Register Manager tel +44 20 7234 0434.

There are also ‘Affiliates’ of the National Register of Access Consultants.  These may be companies or individuals who want to be linked with the Register but who are not registered to undertake access work within the Register’s framework.

There are two stages to the application process. The first is a simple screening exercise. This is to filter out those who do not have the basic requirements.  The second stage involves the preparation of reports by applicants and a professional interview.

Over 200 stage one applications for the Register have been received.  Professional interviews of applicants began in late April 2000 and the first members were accepted onto the Register. The Register database officially went live to clients in September 2000. It is proving very popular with members and clients. Many clients are stipulating that they will only employ auditors/consultants who are registered with the NRAC to carry out their access work.

The project to establish and launch the National Register of Access Consultants has been successful. The Register is growing in size and it is gaining recognition both nationally and internationally as an innovative project and a valuable resource. For further information please contact Mary Noble, Register Manager by e-mail at <MaryNoble@nrac.org.uk>. 

UNITED STATES

Berkeley Prize Semifinalist Winners, Jury Statement

The BERKELEY PRIZE undergraduate essay competition in the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley was founded to both acknowledge excellence in architectural writing and thought among undergraduate students and to encourage lively and far-ranging discussion and examination of the social aspects of design. We were very encouraged this year to have received entries from a wide range of schools scattered across the globe (see list below). The idea of social responsibility in architecture seems to remain at the very least a nascent priority in the minds of those beginning their careers in architecture. Profession and Schools of Architecture take note!

We were particularly pleased to see that there were very few simplistic statements: respondents seemed to understand that there were no culprits and no villains in the search for a social architecture. Rather, the entry statements indicated an understanding that like society itself, architecture is a complex organism. Entrants were pondering issues that need to be confronted in places you would not normally think of as directly architectural in nature: criticism, consumerism, politics, even the nature of utopia. It was clear to most that formalism, however elegant, is inadequate to convey and respond to this complexity. Something more must be present to create a social architecture. It is this something more that the best entries sought and attempted to describe.  As models of writing, the entries on a whole needed to be tightened. Many of the writers did not seem to appreciate the very valuable and engaging points they themselves were making. What the Jury – and the general public to whom architectural writing of this sort must ultimately be directed – is looking for is a concisely stated and argued point of view. Tell the audience what you are writing about and stick to it. And although many of the Bibliographies were elaborate and sometimes even intellectually surprising, it was not often clear as to what part of those bibliographies informed the contents of the responses themselves. What specifically in those writings helps motivate your point of view?

We look forward with great interest to the final submittals. Questions regarding this year’s competition may be posted via FAQ on the Competition WEB. For those of you who did not place in this year’s competition, we urge you to submit again when The Berkeley Prize Competition 2002 is announced late next Fall.

Stage 1 Tally

In 2001, the Berkeley Prize Competition expanded to three countries on two continents via the Internet. This year there were 74 eligible entries from undergraduates enrolled in schools of architecture in Australia (4), Canada (4) and the United States (66). A total of thirty-four institutions were represented, including three from Australia, two from Canada, and twenty-nine from the United States. Australian entries included those from the Queensland University of Technology (2), the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1), and the University of Western Australia (1). Canada was represented by Dalhousie University (3) and the University of Manitoba (1). In the United States, the sixty-six competitors were from Arizona State University (14), Auburn University (2), Ball State University (3), California Polytechnic State University (1), The Cooper Union (1), Cornell University (1), Drury University (1), Georgia Institute of Technology (4), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1), Miami University (2), Montana State University (1), New Jersey Institute of Technology (1), North Dakota State University (2), Ohio State University (1), Rice University (1), SUNY Buffalo (2), University of California, Berkeley (7),University of Detroit, Mercy (2), University of Idaho (3), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1), University of Kansas (1), University of Michigan (1), University of Minnesota (1), University of North Carolina (1), University of Oklahoma (1), University of Oregon (5), University of Washington (2), Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1), and Yale University (2).

To review the 2001 competition process, see: http://www.berkeleyprizecompetition.org/.        

Trace Center: Designing for Usability, Flexibility & Accessibility

The Trace Center announces an intensive course on what you need to know to make practical and profitable products accessible. The course is: Designing IT and Telecom Products for Usability, Flexibility & Accessibility and will be held July 24 – 27, 2001, in Madison, Wisconsin. 

Who Should Attend The Course?

If you are a product developer or consultant for an IT or telecom company, involved in regulatory compliance, or products accessibility, and want to learn how to create commercially practical and profitable products that are more usable by everyone – this course is for you!

What Are The Benefits?

• Identify low- cost ways to implement accessible design solutions for most products;

• Learn about major assistive technologies used by people with disabilities to access standard computer and telecommunication systems;

• Better understand today’s regulatory environment (including Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 255 of the Telecom Act) and its impact on product design;

• Gain hands- on experience of the usability problems an aging population and people with disabilities encounter when trying to use today’s technology products;

• Work in small groups on case studies to learn techniques for identifying problems and solutions to improve product usability and accessibility;

• Understand marketing, customer service, and other business issues related to accessibility; and

• Receive valuable resource materials for future reference.

Course Instructors:

Designing for Usability, Flexibility & Accessibility is a unique course, taught by experts in the field of universal design of information technology and telecommunication products: Gregg Vanderheiden, Director of the Trace R&D Center, a professor of Industrial Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison and Jim Tobias – President of Inclusive Technologies.

The cost is $1,495 course fee (US dollars). Note: Enrollment is limited to 27 participants. If you have questions, email vanderk@trace.wisc.edu (or call 608-265-4621).       

For more information, see: <http://www.trace.wisc.edu/ufcdesign/>.  To register, please visit the Designing for Usability, Flexibility and Accessibility registration page at: http://www.trace.wisc.edu/ufcdesign/regform.htm. 

Universal Design Handbook Documents Worldwide Movement

McGraw-Hill is about to release the Universal Design Handbook. Wolf Preiser and Elaine Ostroff are the editors of this unique compilation that brings together the rich international experience of what we call universal design.  Universal design is not a trend but an enduring design approach that assumes that the range of human ability is ordinary, not special. This 1200 page book, with 600 illustrations, describes and documents the extraordinary growth in the international movement to create environments and products for all people.  During the past 15 years, the approach to design that accommodates people with functional limitations has been changing from narrow code compliance to meet the specialized needs of a few to a more inclusive design process for everybody.

The Universal Design Handbook is a global reference work on the state-of-the-art of this emerging new field and paradigm for design.  As such, it addresses both creative responses to civil rights and accessibility legislation as well as the market driven responses to the design needs of a rapidly aging and style conscious population – especially the Baby Boomers around the world. It provides a framework for design that is inclusive, non-discriminatory, and which accommodates a majority of people, regardless of their age, limitations or abilities.

With internationally respected contributors from 18 countries, the 69 author teams provided comprehensive and in-depth coverage of topics ranging in scale from urban planning to the design of cell phones, from United Nations policies to local school districts, from children’s play grounds to Alzheimer’s residential care settings. The book includes: Premises and perspectives in universal design; universal design guidelines and accessibility standards; public policies, systems and issues; residential environments; universal design practices; education and research; case studies; information technology; and, the future of universal design. Robert Ivy, FAIA, Editor-in Chief, Architectural Record, has written the Foreword.

Global Universal Design Educator’s Network NEW e-mail list

The Trace Center has agreed to host the email list. They host over a dozen lists and have a good, working system. Note that the email list and the Online News are two distinct features. The list is interactive, unlike the Online News that you receive monthly. If you want to be part of an interactive e-mail exchange with other people who are interested in teaching and learning about universal design education, you must subscribe as explained below. If you were subscribed to the original list you will need to re-subscribe. Once you subscribe you will receive directions for how to use the list.

To subscribe send an email message to listproc@trace.wisc.edu, and include the following in the body of the message: subscribe UNIVERSALDESIGN-ED yourfirstname yourlastname.

The purpose of the list is explained more fully at this link: <http://trace.wisc.edu:8080/guest/info/UNIVERSALDESIGN-ED>

CALENDAR

May 3-5, 2001: The Child’s Right to Play: A Global Approach, in Hempstead, NY.  Hofstra Cultural Center, Hofstra University in cooperation with the American Association of the Child’s Right to Play (IPA/USA). 

See http://www.hofstra.edu/play and http://ipausa.org or email to: <HOFCULTR@Hofstra.edu>.

June 1-5, 2001: INCLUSION BY DESIGN - Planning the Barrier-Free World in Montréal, Canada (Palais des Congrès de Montréal). The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work is hosting an international world congress.  

See: <http://www.ccrw.org> or contact <congress@ccrw.org>.

June 2, 2001: The International Morton Kesten Summit on Home Modification, at Inclusion By Design: Planning the Barrier-Free World, June 1-5, 2001, Montreal, Quebec. This is a special track devoted to home modification and universal design in home environments, sponsored by the National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification. 

To register online, go to the conference website at http://www.ccrw.org.

June 21-24, 2001: Democracy, Diversity & Disability in Winnipeg, Canada. This is the Society for Disability Studies 14^th annual meeting. Preliminary program and registration information is at: <http://www.uic.edu/orgs/sds/>.

June 22-26, 2001: RESNA Annual Conference and Education Program, Reno, Nevada. Includes Design of Home Modifications Workshop. For general information, see <http:www.resna.org>. 

For details on the Instructional programs, see: http://www.resna.org/conferences/resna2001/coursesdetail.htm#07

June 24-25, 2001: Home Modifications Workshop: Skills, Approaches and Teamwork will be held at the Norwood Hotel Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

For more information on this workshop contact either the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies (204-287-8411 or ccds@ escape.ca) or the Universal Design Institute (204-474-8588 or universal_design@umanitoba.ca)

July 1-6,2001: International Association of Gerontology: 17^th Congress in Vancouver. See: <http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/iag/>

August 5-12, 2001: 1^st International Conference on “Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction” will be held in New Orleans, LA, at the Fairmount Hotel.

For more information, see the conference website at: <http://uahci.ics.forth.gr/> or contact Constantine Stephanidis, conference chair at: <cs@ics.forth.gr>.

August 23-24, 2001: Accessible Practices Workshop: Exhibitions                  Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh. Contact: Jessica Stricker, 412/237-1806, e-mail <strickerj@csc.clpgh.org>; web site:                   <http://www.astc.org/resource/camp/workshop/aproject2.htm>.

September 12-14, 2001: International Conference on Technology and Aging in Toronto, Canada. Sponsored by the Government of Toronto, RESNA and other organizations. 

See: <http://www.icta.on.ca or <bbuchanan@look.ca>

September 14, 2001: Accessible Practices Workshop: Facilities/Visitor Services St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis. 

Contact: Elana Yellen, 314/289-4426; e-mail <eyellen@slsc.org>; web site: <http://www.astc.org/resource/camp/workshop/aproject2.htm>.

September 24-28, 2001: Retrofitting for Accessibility, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Sponsored by the National Center on Accessibility. 

For more information, www.naconline.org

October 19-20, 2001: Integrating Differences: Theories and Applications of Universal Design in New York City, Fashion Institute of Technology. The full program will be posted on the website in June at: <http://www.fitnyc.suny.edu/USD.html>, or can be mailed.

Contact Dr. Desiree Koslin, at koslinde@fitsuny.edu, or fax 212.217.7910.

Adding your information, questions to the Online News: