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Hi Chad – What got me interested in Inclusive design? You’re right, it was my work with therapeutic gardens, especially gardens in the healthcare setting. But then branching out from that, thinking about taking the design principles used for therapeutic gardens in places of healing and broadening to other places where people play and learn. Tara…[Read more]

Welcome Naomi. What got you interested in Inclusive design? I see from your profile that you are heavily interested in theraputic gardens, which certainly overlaps into inclusive design.

How did I miss this group until now?! Thanks for setting it up, Chad. Best, Naomi

Thanks for the heads up! There is plenty of information out there, we just need to know where to look! Keep it coming everybody!

Naomi Sachs, with the Therapuetic Landscapes Network, just gave a heads-up on a new article on accessible playgrounds. There’s an abstract on InformeDesign and you can access the full article pdf on Children, Youth and Environments.

http://www.informedesign.umn.edu/Rs_detail.aspx?rsId=3333

I am also interested in design which is focused on understanding the abilities of everyone. Count me in!

I’m Curious if anyone else out there is interested in design focused on including all people and not segregating th popluation into can and can nots. See the following link it has some great information.

http://www.beyondaccess.org/tutorials/design%20tutorials.htm