ABSTRACT
Universal design is a set of practices that can help ensure development of effective quality of life technologies (QoLTs). The most common dešnition of universal design is “The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design” [1]. This dešnition emerged from experience with barrier-free or accessible design. It became obvious that many accessibility features, like curb cuts or lever-handled door openers, benešt a much wider group of
CONTENTS
6.1 What Is Universal Design? ............................................................................................... 107 6.2 Overall Importance............................................................................................................ 110
6.2.1 Need for Universal Design in the Development of Quality of Life Systems .....................................................................................................111
