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A comprehensive survey of best practices and innovative solutions in universal design. Written by top thinkers at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDeA), it demonstrates the difference between universal design and accessibility and identifies its relationship to...

This guideline is the first in a series of communication courses. The main aim is to introduce the reader to the issue of communication with the deaf and related topics. In the introduction, the material discusses terminology, statistical data and the distribution of hearing impairment in general...

This document provide general guidance to the minimum standards of most of the elements and structures likely to form part of the physical environment and that would allow a disabled person to independently enter and make use of the facility...

This is an attempt to ensure an effective process for creating a barrier‐free environment. It is necessary, within the scope of the methodological procedure, to analyse the whole system, search for critical areas and eliminate or prevent them when applying...

The Manual aims to apply a common methodology for assessing, monitoring and reporting the accessibility of public infrastructures and services regarding building infrastructure, outdoor spaces and transportation. It also includes appendices on...

This guide, intended for all professionals of the performing arts, has been designed as a practical tool to promote accessibility of places and cultural offerings and support establishments performing arts in their new responsibilities...

Guides accessibility for professionals in the cultural sector. They will find there a wealth of information and advice to facilitate not only access places of culture, products of the cultural industry, works and heritage, as well as their understanding, but also access to artistic practices, ...

Accessibility and Mobility for All is a guide about the Portuguese accessibility legislation. This guide aims to translate the law’s text into practical orientations for those who design public spaces, houses and service buildings...

This publication illustrates Title IV of the Brussels legislation on accessibility of buildings for persons with reduced mobility (PRMs). In the Brussels-Capital Region, all new buildings open to the public must be accessible, as well as those undergoing major renovation. This guide helps...