Welcome to the online home for the UDid Project.

The ongoing discourse documented in NEA proceedings substantiates the need for a more clear definition of universal design the principles that define universal design.  Establishing an identity for universal design is an important next step to ensuring continued acceptance and use across a broad audience of consumers, design professionals, industry leaders, and academics.  Acceptance of universal design is of paramount importance when considering the desired transition toward full adoption of universal design by the public. 

The proposed activities of the Universal Design I dentity Project will investigate public perceptions and attitudes toward universal design.  Understanding these perceptions and attitudes will help create a clear, unique, and identifiable, identity program and attendant graphic standard for universal design.

Project Team

Beth Tauke, M.A., M.F.A.
Project Co-Director

Beverly McLean, Ph.D.
Research Associate

Edward Steinfeld, Arch.D.
Senior Project Advisor

Advisory Team

Theresa Carroll, M.S.
Web Accessibility Expert and
Owner, Virtual Tasks

Leon Harper
Universal Design Consultant

Daniel Hess, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University at Buffalo

Elaine Ostroff, Ed.M.
Founding Director of Adaptive Environments
Director of the Global Universal Design Educator’s Network

Fran Prezant
Cultural and Arts Program Accessibility Expert

Pearl Rosen
Cultural and Arts Program Accessibility Expert

Laurie Ringaert
Executive Director, Center for Universal Design

Korydon Smith, M.Arch.
Director
Arkansas Center for Inclusive Design

Paula Terry
Accessibility to the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts

John Westerbrook
Project Director, NCDDR