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UNIVERSAL DESIGN RESOURCES

Prepared for CADSPPE under the UD project

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

Adaptive Environments
http://www.adaptenv.org/

Center for Accessible Environments (CAE)
www.cae.org.uk

Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA)
www.ap.buffalo.edu/~idea/

Concrete Change
http://www.concretechange.org/

Designing for the 21 st Century III: Keynote addresses, Proceedings
http://www.designfor21st.org/

North Carolina State University – Centre for Universal Design
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/about_ud/udprinciples.htm

GENERAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Association of American Colleges and Universities
http://www.diversityweb.org/

Canadian Association of the Deaf – CADs position
http://www.cad.ca/en/issues/universal_design.asp

Center for Research on Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/P3_1.html

Harvard University. Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
http://bokcenter.fas.harvard.edu/docs/TFTrace.html#questions

International Association for Universal Design (IAUD)
www.iaud.net

IT Toolbox on Universal Design, (Disability Law Resources Project)
http://www.dlrp.org/html/IT/toolbox.html

Kent State University Classroom Accommodation Network (CAN). Center for Disability Studies.
http://www.classaccommodation.org/Universal%20Design.htm

LaTrobe University. Academic Development Unit
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/adu/inc_curriculum.htm

Mace, R. (2002). What is universal design . Center for Universal Design National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education.
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/univ_design/ud.htm

McKeachie, W. (1994). Teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers . Lexington, MA: DC Heath and Co.

Menges, R. (1997). Fostering faculty motivation to teach: Approaches to faculty development. In J. Bess (Ed.), Teaching well and liking it (pp.407-423). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

North Carolina State University. Center for Universal Design
http://www.design.ncsu.edu:8120/cud/

Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
http://www.rit.edu/~classact/side/universaldesign.html

Springfield Technical Community College. Universal Postsecondary Support and Instruction Design for Equalization
http://www.stcc.edu/ods/doe/strategies.htm

Trace Research and Development Centre
http://trace.wisc.edu/

University of Colorado: Faculty Teaching Excellence Program
http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/diversity/div03.html

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://ctl.unc.edu/tfitoc.html

University of Washington. Center for Instructional Development and Research
http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/inclusive/

University of Washington: DO-IT ( Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology)
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/udesign.html
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/technology.html
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Programs/ud.html
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/

Victoria University. Teaching for Learning.
http://www.flinders.edu.au/teach/teach/inclusive/checklist.htm

Waksler, R. (1996). Teaching strategies for a barrier free classroom. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 7(2), 99-111.

UDI, UDL

University of Toronto. AccessAbility Services and Teaching and Learning Services. Universal Instructional Design: Creating an Accessible Curriculum,
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~tlsweb/events/publications/images/uidbook.pdf

Bowe, Frank. Universal Design in Education: Teaching Non-Traditional Students
http://www.udeducation.org/teach/teaching_techniques/bowe.asp

Bremen, Ann T.; Hitchcock, Chuck; Hall, Tracey; Kachgal, Mera. (2002) Universal Design: A Strategy to Support Students' Access to the General Education Curriculum. NCSET, Vol 1, Issue 3.
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=707

CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology)
http://www.cast.org/
http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/

Connell, B. R.; Jones, M.; Mace, R.; Mueller, J.; Mullick, A.; Ostroff, E.; Sanford , J.; Steinfeld, E.; Story, M.; & Vanderheiden, G. (1997). Principles of Universal Design . The Center for Universal Design. NC State University
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/univ_design/princ_overview.htm

Dyjur, Patricia. Inclusive Practices in Instructional Design. April 2004. University of Saskatchewan
http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/802papers/dyjur/index.htm

Ivy Access: Universal Instructional Design for teaching students with non-visible disabilities
http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Dean_of_the_College/uid/

Kanes Weisman, Leslie. (1999). Creating Justice, Sustaining Life: The Role of Universal Design in the 21st Century, Adaptive Environments Center 20th Anniversary Celebration. The Computer Museum, Boston , April 10.

Ohio State University.
http://telr.osu.edu/dpg/fastfact/
http://telr.osu.edu/dpg/fastfact/undesign.html
http://telr-research.osu.edu/learning_objects/documents/Izzo-Murray.pdf

Orkwis, R. (1999). Curriculum Access and Universal Design for Learning ERIC/OSEP Digest, #586. ED437767
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/content_storage_01/0000000b/80/2a/2f/db.pdf

Orkwis, R. (2003) Universally Designed Instruction . ERIC/OSEP Digest (ED475386)
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2/content_storage_01/0000000b/80/2a/39/08.pdf

Rose, D. (2000). Universal Design for Learning. Journal of Special Education Technology 15(4), Fall 2000. http://jset.unlv.edu/15.4/asseds/rose.html

The Learning and Teaching Office – Ryerson University
http://www.ryerson.ca/lt/resources/lto_guides/uid.html

Universal Design Education Online
http://www.udeducation.org/

University of Arkansas (Little Rock), Postsecondary Education and Disability, PACE
http://www.ualr.edu/pace/ud/index.htm
http://www.ualr.edu/pace/ud/tips.htm

University of Connecticut, Centre on Postsecondary Education and Disability (CPED)
http://vm.uconn.edu/~wwwcped/index.html

University of Connecticut, FacultyWare, Universal Design for Instruction
http://www.facultyware.uconn.edu/udi_information.cfm

University of Guelph, Universal Instructional Design
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/uid/
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/projects/uid/
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/projects/uid/guides/LecturesUIDprinc.html

University of Minnesota.
http://ds.umn.edu/faculty/determiningessentials.htm

University of New Hampshire. Institute on Disability. Equity and Excellence in Higher Education
http://iod.unh.edu/EE/index.html

University of Northern Colorado, Educational Quality through Universal Instruction Principles
http://www.unco.edu/equip/
http://www.unco.edu/equip/introduction/default.asp
http://www.unco.edu/equip/Resources/default.asp

U of Washington: DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Universal Design of Instruction
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/instruction.html
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Brochures/Academics/equal_access_udi.html

DISTANCE EDUCATION

Deakin University, Australia. Institute of Disability Studies.
http://nw2000.flexiblelearning.net.au/main/key04.htm#accomm

Division of Distance and Distributed Learning, Georgia State University (2001 ). WebCT, accessibility, usability and the disabled student [online]. Available: http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwdls/webCT/topics_&_tools/how_to/webct_accessibility.html

Georgia Tech Research on Accessible Distance Education
http://www.catea.org/grade/

Schmetzke, Axel. Online Distance Education – “Anytime, Anywhere” But not for Everyone. Information Technology and Disabilities Vol. VII 2001 http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n2/axel.htm

University of Toronto, ATRC. Harrison, Laurie. Accessible Web-based Distance Education: Principles and Best Practices.
http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/rd/library/papers/accDistanceEducation.html

WEB ACCESSIBILITY, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY

Bobby: a web accessibility software tool designed to help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines.
www.bobby.watchfire.com

Bradley. S. (1995). Integrating Computer Technology in a University Setting. Paper presented at the 4th Innovation in Education Conference, Minot State University, North Dakota .

Carlson, S. (2000, October 12). Campus-computing survey finds that adding technology to teaching is a top issue. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Online Edition , available on the WWW at http://chronicle.com/free/2000/10/200010120.htm.

Coombs, N. (1998). The underprivileged and universal access to distance learning: Disabilities and beyond . Presentation at the 1998 EvNet Conference (February), Montréal, Québec [online]. http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/srnet/confabstracts/coombsab.htm

Cuneo, C. (1997). If technology is the answer what are the questions? Presentation to the Group to Renew and Enhance Effective Teaching (GREET), Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto.

Disability and Information Systems in Higher Education (UK), (2001) http://ww w .disin h e.ac.uk/

Hitchcock, Chuck; Stahl, Skip. (2003). Assistive Technology, Universal Design for Learning: Improved Learning Opportunities. Journal of Special Education Technology. Vol 18. No 4. Fall.
http://jset.unlv.edu/18.4/hitchcock/first.html

National Centre for Accessible Media (NCAM)
http://ncam.wgbh.org/

NODE Networking. (1998). Universal design for the information highway [online]. Available: http://node.on.ca/networking/august1998/feature1.html (August).

The High Tech Center Training Unit, In Collaboration with the Distance Education Accessibility Workgroup, Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges (1999). Distance Education: Access Guidelines for Students with Disabilities, [online]. Available: http://www.htctu.fhda.edu/dl g ui d elines / fi n al% 2 0dl%20guidelines.htm (August).

Thompson, Terry; Burgstahler, Sheryl, Comden, Dan. Research on Web Accessibility in Higher Education. (2003). Information Technology and Disabilities Journal Vol. IX No. 2 December.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv09n2/thompson.htm

Tobias, Jim. (2003). Universal Design: Is it Really about Design? Information Technology and Disabilities Journal Vol. IX No. 2 December.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv09n2/tobias.htm

Waddell, Cynthia. The Growing Digital Divide in Access for People with Disabilities: Overcoming Barriers to Participation. International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet.
http://www.icdri.org/legal/the_growing_digital_divide.htm

University of Washington: AccessIT
http://www.washington.edu/accessit/index.php

University of Wisconsin. Web Accessibility for All.
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/accessibility/

Web Accessibility Initiative, World Wide Web Consortium
http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Web Accessibility Resources
http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/pub_resources.htm

Web AIM
http://www.webaim.org/
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/
http://webaim.org/articles/policies/policies_pilot/

HIGHER EDUCATION

ARCH Submission to the Post-Secondary Education Review In Response to: Higher Expectations for Higher Education: A Discussion Paper November 2004
http://www.archdisabilitylaw.ca/aboutARCH/lawReform/A73_2004_003102/index.asp

Bissonnette, Leo. Meeting the Evolving Education Needs of Faculty in Providing Access for University Students with Disabilities.
http://profetic.org/Meeting-the-Evolving-Education

Block , Lydia ; Loewen; Gladys. Kroeger, Sue. (2006). Acknowledging and Transforming Disabling Environments in Higher Education: AHEAD's Role. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. Vol 19, No 2, Fall.

Harrison, Elizabeth . (2006). Working with Faculty Toward Universally Designed Instruction: The Process of Dynamic Course Design Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. Vol 19. No 2. Fall.

Johnson, K.; Amtmann, Dagmar; Brown, Sharan. Universal Design and Access to Information in Higher Education . University of Washington .
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/extension/ped/northeastADA/publications/Article_60.html

Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne; Johnstone, Christopher. (2006). Accommodations and Universal Design: Supporting Access to Assessments in Higher Education . Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. Vol 19. No 2. Fall.

McGuire, Joan; Scott, Sally. (2006). Universal Design for Instruction: Extending the Universal Design Paradigm to College Instruction. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. Vol 19. No 2. Fall.

McGuire, J.M., Scott, S.. & Shaw, S.F. Universal design for instruction: the paradigm, its principles, and products for enhancing instructional access . Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 17 (1), 10-20.

Ofiesh, Nicole; Rojas, Colleen; Ward, Robin. (2006). Universal Design and the Assessment of Student Learning in Higher Education. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability Vol 19 No 2. Fall.

Rose, David; Harbour, Wendy; Johnston, Catherine Sam; Daley, Samantha; Abarbanell, Linda. (2006). Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Education: Reflections on Principles and the Application . Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. Vol 19. No 2. Fall.

Scott, Sally .; Loewen, Gladys; Funckes, Carol.  Implementing universal design in higher education: Moving beyond the built environment .    Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability. 16, (2), 78 – 89.

Scott, S., Shaw, S., & McGuire, J. (in press). Universal Design for Instruction: A new paradigm for adult instruction in postsecondary education . Remedial and Special Education.

Scott, S.., McGuire, J.M., Foley, T.E., (2003) Universal Design for Instruction: a framework for anticipating and responding to disability and other diverse needs in the college classroom. Equity and Excellence in Education , 36(1) 40-49.

Shaw, Stan; Scott, Sally; McGuire, Joan. (2001). Teaching College Students with Learning Disabilities
http://ericdigests.org/2002-3/college.htm

BOOKS Available online:

University of Minnesota . Curriculum Transformation and Disability
http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/CTAD/publications.htm
http://www.gen.umn.edu/research/ctad/

Higbee, Jeanne L. Editor. Curriculum Transformation and Disability (CTAD): Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education
http://education.umn.edu/CRDEUL/books-ctad.html

Ostroff, Elaine. Lamont, Mark. Hunter, Daniel G. Building a World Fit for People: Designers with Disabilities at Work
http://www.adaptiveenvironments.org/adp/profiles/index.php

BOOKS, REPORTS NOT AVAILABLE ON LINE

Armstrong, T. (2000). Multiple intelligences in the classroom (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Bowman, S. (2001). How to give it so they get it: A flight plan for teaching anyone anything and making it stick. Glenbrook, NV : Bowperson Publishing.

Christophersen, Jon (editor). (2002). Universal Design: 17 Ways of Thinking and Teaching. Norway , Husbanken.

Clarkson John; Roger, Coleman Simeon, Keates Cherie Lebbon (editors . ( 2003). Inclusive Design: Design for the whole population. Springer – Verlag, London .

Cole, R.W. (1995). Educating everybody's children: Diverse teaching strategies for diverse learners . Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Gregory, G.H. & Chapman, C (2002). Differentiated instructional strategies: One size doesn't fit all . Thousand Oaks , CA: Corwin Press, Inc.

Lazarro, J. (2001). Adaptive technologies for learning and work environments (ch. 7, 9). Chicago , IL : American Library Association.

Mueller, James (1981). Accommodating the Disabled Student. Washington , DC :  Job Development Laboratory.

Mueller, James (1992). Workplace Workbook 2.0. Chantilly, VA.

Ostroff, Elaine; Mark Limont; Daniel Hunter. (2002). Building a World Fit for People: Designers with Disabilities at Work. Massachusetts: Adaptive Environments.

Preiser, W.F.E. and Ostroff (eds.).  (2001) Universal Design Handbook, McGaw Hill , New York .

Roeher Institute (1996). Building bridges: Inclusive post-secondary education for people with intellectual disabilities. North York, Ontario, Canada.

Rose, David H. & Meyer, Anne (2002). Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Virginia, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Simon Fraser University . Report of the Think Tank on Universal Design, held in conjunction with Simon Fraser University's Rehabilitation Management Conference 2001: Accommodation ~ The Right Fit , April 27-29, 2001 .

Story MF, Mueller JL, and Mace RL. (1998). The Universal Design File: Designing for People of all Ages and Abilities . The Center for Universal Design, NC State University.

Tepfer, F. (2001) Educational Environments:  From Compliance to Inclusion .  In Preiser, W.F.E. and Ostroff (eds.)Universal Design Handbook.  New York : McGraw-Hill. 

University of Illinois, Chicago. (1998). Excellence in teaching and learning: The interface with technology Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Chicago, IL.

Welch, Polly (1995). Strategies for Teaching Universal Design. Boston, MA, Adaptive Environments Center.

Winter, Steven. (1997). A ccessible Housing by Design: Universal Principles in Practice. McGraw Hill.

Wiggins, Grant & McTighe, Jay. (1998). Understanding by Design . Alexandria, Virginia, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

REFRAMING DISABILITY

Albrecht, Seelman, and Bury (eds.). (2001). Handbook of Disability Studies. Sage Publications.

Barnes, Oliver, & Barton (eds.). (2002). Disability studies today. Polity.

Callahan. J. (1998). Will the real John Callahan please stand up? A quasi memoir. Wm. Morrow & Co.

Charlton, J.I. (1998 ). Nothing about Us without us: disability oppression and empowerment, University of California Press.

Davis, Lennard. (2002). Bending Over Backwards: Disability, Dismodernism & Other Difficult Positions. New York University Press.

Davis, Lennard. (1997). The Disability Studies Reader. Routledge.

Fleischer and Zames. (2001). The disability rights movement: from charity to confrontation. Temple University Press.

Johnson, Mary. (2003 ). Make Them Go Away: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve and the Case Against Disability Rights. Avocado Press.

Linton, S. (1998). Claiming disability: knowledge and identity. NY: New York University Press.

Longmore, Paul. (2003). Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disabilit y. Temple University Press.

Longmore, P. (1987). Uncovering the hidden history of people with disabilities. Reviews in American History, Sept., 355-364.

Michalko, Rod. (2002). The Difference That Disability Makes. Temple University Press.

Pfeiffer, D., Hey, S.C., & Kiger, G. (eds.). (1993). The disability perspective: variations on a theme. Society for Disability Studies.

Oliver, Mike. (1990). The Politics of Disablement.   Macmillan:  London.

Shakespeare, Tom (ed.). (1998). The Disability Reader: Social Sciences Perspectives. Contiuum.

Smith, M., & Hailer, B. (eds.) (1995). Media and Disability Bibliography Project . Disability Studies Quarterly, 15, 30-43.

Snyder, Brueggeman, & Thomson (eds.). (2002). Disability studies: enabling the humanities. Modern Language Association.

Swaim, French, and Cameron. (2003). Controversial issues in a disabling society. Open University Press.

Zola, I.K. (1982). Missing pieces: A chronicle of living with a disability. Temple University Press.

Zola, Irving (ed). (1982). Ordinary Lives. Apple-Wood Books.

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