A strong voice for the social & policy impact of Universal Design has been "reassigned." Lex Frieden will not be reappointed to lead the National Council on Disability.
As reported in Independence Today:
Frieden said he is proud of the work NCD has done promoting the concept of livable communities. "It's equivalent to the concept of universal design," he said. "The idea is, when we start to build communities, we do so with the assumption that the communities include people with disabilities. So everything from the ground up is going to be designed for all people. The whole issue of disability accommodation becomes superfluous."
Source:
http://www.itodaynews.com/ITNews--FRIEDENOUT072007.htm
Sometimes the simplest truths are the hardest to see.
Posted by rollingrains at August 23, 2006 04:46 PM