Accessible Design Curriculum and Educational Materials

工程-其他（59）残疾人对无障碍设计（AD）产品和服务的需求日益增长。规定无障碍环境的相关法律适用于工作、公共设施、公共交通、公共信息来源，包括公共互联网服务、电信产品和服务，以及各种电子和信息技术。这些法律和其他法律不仅要求无障碍，而且在许多情况下，它们要求在设计过程中使用AD原则。然而，缺乏具有AD原理知识和专业知识的设计师和工程师是一个全国性的问题。教师，因此学生，没有意识到需要更多的AD原则和问题的覆盖面。为了满足这一需求，我们正在开发关于AD原则和问题的课程材料，这些材料是与商业和学术合作伙伴合作的模块化和层次结构。分层方法意味着该材料是专为在介绍工程课程，以及在先进的理论和设计课程使用。模块化的方法允许在小部分的材料集成：讲座主题，家庭作业问题，课程演示或实验室实验。该项目的长期目标是将无障碍设计材料纳入美国各地学院和大学的本科工程课程。

Engineering - Other (59) There is a growing need for accessible design (AD) products and services for individuals with disabilities. Relevant laws mandating accessibility apply to jobs, public facilities, public transportation, public sources of information including public internet services, telecommunication products and services, and the full spectrum of electronic and information technologies. These laws and others not only mandate accessibility, but in many cases they mandate the use of AD principles in the design process. However, the lack of designers and engineers with knowledge of and expertise in AD principles is a national problem. Faculty, and hence students, are not aware of the need for more coverage of AD principles and issues. To address this need, we are developing curricular material on AD principles and issues that is modular and hierarchically structured in cooperation with business and academic partners. The hierarchical approach means that the material is designed for use in introductory engineering courses as well as in advanced theory and design courses. The modular approach allows integration of the material in small parts: a lecture topic, homework problems, course demonstration or laboratory experiments. The long-term goal of this project is to have accessible design material integrated into the undergraduate engineering curricula of colleges and universities throughout the United States.