Tag Archives: vision loss

Careers

These are the challenges that blind people have in navigating the workplace

December 9, 2019 udcom

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There’s a lot of progress when it comes to opportunities for blind people. However, negative employer attitudes continue to hold them back.

Public Buildings

In Napa, a blind woodworker makes art accessible for everybody

April 3, 2018 udcom

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This haptic gallery is Enchanted Hills Camp’s Tactile Art Center, and it’s the brainchild of George, who lost his sight when he was very young.

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.