I.20 INDEX
Universal Design Living Laboratory (Cont.):
home site selection, 45.4, 45.7
kitchen of, 45.8
Universal Design Quality Mark (Germany), 13.6–13.8
Universal design thesaurus, 9.1–9.7
access to, 9.6
categories of, 9.4–9.6
future of, 9.7
how to use, 9.6
need for, 9.2
organization of, 9.4–9.6
professional evaluation of, 9.4
taxonomy, 9.2–9.4
Universal designing, 6.1
Universal wet area (as example of universal design),
24.11
Universality, defined, 44.4
“Universell utforming som kommunal strategi.”
See T-1472 report
University of Arkansas, 40.1, 40.10
University of California, 43.1, 43.4
University of New Mexico, 42.8
Unlimited-time exams (as example of universal
design), 39.4
Unobstructable lines of sight. See ULOS
Urban park (as example of univeral design), 36.5
Urban/suburban design. See also HUD
in Japan, 11.1
in Norway, 10.5
pedestrian parkway (Italy), 15.7
principles of UD and, 17.10
research, need for, 20.7–20.8
universal design and, 1.8, 20.1–20.8
U.S. and Canadian national elevator standard.
See ASME A17.1/CSA B44
U.S. Census Bureau, 25.1, 43.1
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
See CDC
U.S. Civil Rights Act (1964), 6.2
U.S. Department of Defense, 23.3
U.S. Department of Education, 19.9, 30.5, 32.2,
34.3, 34.5
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 8.3
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development. See HUD
U.S. Fire Administration. See USFA
U.S. Green Buildings Council. See USGBC
U.S. Library of Congress Subject Headings. See
LCSH
U.S. National Library of Medicine. See NLM
U.S. Supreme Court. See Supreme Court (United States)
Usability, 33.2
Usability Engineering, 44.6
Usability range, increasing, 3.5
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. See UAAG
User group, positive thinking by, 3.4–3.5
USFA (U.S. Fire Administration), 8.3
USGBC (U.S. Green Buildings Council), 2.2, 45.7
LEED for Neighborhood Development, 2.5
Utrecht central station (Netherlands), 42.8
Van Volkenburg, Cathy, 45.4
Vandenoever, Chris, 45.7
Variogrip system, 13.8
Vehicle Production Group, 31.2
Venice Biennale, 2.3
Veterans Administration, 44.4
Via Dolorosa (Jerusalem), 16.8
Vietnam Memorial, 27.7
Village at the Streets of West Chester (Ohio), 20.3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
30.3
VISA card (as example of universal design), 38.3
Visitability
concept as barrier, 38.3
defined, 25.3
housing policy, alternative, 25.3–25.4
Visual system, 27.1–27.2
defined, 27.1
Vitruvius, 12.1
Voice recognition software, 4.10–4.11
von der Leyen, Ursula, 13.3
Vykem (as example of universal design), 32.8
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), 33.1, 33.2,
34.3, 34.4, 35.3, 35.5
W3C Recommendations, 33.3
W3C specifications, 33.3
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative), 33.1, 33.2, 35.3
WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)
1.0, 33.2
Wall AG, 13.5
The Wall Street Journal, 20.5
Walsh, C. J., 37.3
Wasatch Mountains (United States), 20.4
Washing machine, 13.4
Water channel, 11.5, 11.6
Water column in shower (as example of universal
design), 30.6
Way-finding
basic orienting system and, 27.6
guidepaths and, 42.8
in housing, 24.4, 27.6
WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.0,
33.2, 33.4, 34.3, 35.4, 35.5
“We the People,” 2.2
Weather strip tool (as example of universal design),
23.3
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. See
WCAG
Weisman, L, 1.5, 20.1
Welch, P., 1.6, 17.10
Welcoming Workplace, 36.8, 36.9
Welfare Ministry (Japan), 11.2
West, Jonathan, 36.12
WGBH Educational Foundation, 34.1, 34.2, 34.3,
34.4, 34.5, 34.7, 34.8
Wheaton, J., 2.4
Wheelchair seating, 19.8
Wheelchair securement devices, 19.7
White, Bob, 45.7