IHCD Updates: The January 2012 Newsletter is Now Available
The Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) is an international non-profit organization committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities through excellence in design. Our educational, consulting and design work is very diverse. See our monthly newsletter to learn about current projects.
The Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) is an international non-profit organization committed to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities through excellence in design. Our educational, consulting and design work is very diverse. See our monthly newsletter to learn about current projects.
Revised ADA Checklist for Readily Achievable Barrier Removal from IHCD's New England ADA Center
Based on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires public accommodations (businesses and non-profit organizations) to provide goods and services to people with disabilities on an equal basis with the rest of the public. Businesses and non-profit organizations that serve the public are to remove architectural barriers when it is "readily achievable" to do so.
Go directly to the ADA Checklist Website
Based on the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires public accommodations (businesses and non-profit organizations) to provide goods and services to people with disabilities on an equal basis with the rest of the public. Businesses and non-profit organizations that serve the public are to remove architectural barriers when it is "readily achievable" to do so.
Go directly to the ADA Checklist Website
Judge blocks NYC taxi agency from issuing permits for cabs without wheelchair access
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday barred the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission from issuing permits for taxicabs unless they’re accessible to people who use wheelchairs, a decision that was praised by advocates for the disabled as a milestone that could have national implications.
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday barred the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission from issuing permits for taxicabs unless they’re accessible to people who use wheelchairs, a decision that was praised by advocates for the disabled as a milestone that could have national implications.
Move in the right direction with IHCD's Newest Publication!
Directional Sense: How to Find Your Way Around
by Jan Carpman & Myron Grant
Were you born with no sense of direction?Does the mere thought of navigating twisting hospital corridors, deciphering cryptic expressway signs, or fumbling with cumbersome maps fill your heart with dread? If so, you need this trusty guidebook which explains that finding your way around is a learnable skill, not a mysterious instinct you're doomed to live without. This new publication is now available for purchase at IHCDstore for $25 each!
Directional Sense: How to Find Your Way Around
by Jan Carpman & Myron Grant
Were you born with no sense of direction?Does the mere thought of navigating twisting hospital corridors, deciphering cryptic expressway signs, or fumbling with cumbersome maps fill your heart with dread? If so, you need this trusty guidebook which explains that finding your way around is a learnable skill, not a mysterious instinct you're doomed to live without. This new publication is now available for purchase at IHCDstore for $25 each!
IHCD Presentations from the Socially Sustainable Design Series
IHCD hosted an extraordinary group of leaders during the Boston Society of Architects' 27th annual Build Boston for a Socially Sustainable Design series on Thursday, the 17th of November. We are deeply grateful to presenters for sharing their wisdom and pleased to be able to share these exciting presentations with you.
IHCD hosted an extraordinary group of leaders during the Boston Society of Architects' 27th annual Build Boston for a Socially Sustainable Design series on Thursday, the 17th of November. We are deeply grateful to presenters for sharing their wisdom and pleased to be able to share these exciting presentations with you.
