Worldwide, around a billion people have a disability, says the World Health Organisation.
In Europe and America, this is one in five people. And since they are less likely to be in work, their poverty rate is about twice as high.
Universal Design (UD) is an approach to design that increases the potential for developing a better quality of life for a wide range of individuals. It is a design process that enables and empowers a diverse population by improving human performance, health and wellness, and social participation (Steinfeld and Maisel, 2012). It creates products, systems, and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability or situation.
