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Guidelines for Universally Accessible and Usable Workplaces

This 13 page guide (2003) explains the universal design guidelines for the workplace. It also introduces an approach to developing guidelines to integrate universal design into office planning. The results of a survey regarding the current awareness of universal design among Japanese facility managers is also addressed.

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"July 26 marks the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.... the ADA's provisions include the right to seek, obtain, pursue and maintain employment without being hampered by physical or attitudinal barriers. I believe that having a job is a civil right. Those who are qualified for and want to work should not be denied that right because of an inaccessible building or an outdated set of assumptions about what they can or cannot do..."

Hilda L. Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor , July 24, 2009