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GeoDesign Studio's Application of Universal Design Principles

Principle 2: Flexibility in Use

PRINCIPLE TWO: Flexibility in Use

The design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities.

Guidelines:

2a. Provide choice in methods of use.
2b. Accommodate right- or left-handed access and use.
2c. Facilitate the user's accuracy and precision.
2d. Provide adaptability to the user's pace.

Information from the GeoDesign Studio sign:

Pictogram of a spring is depicted representing flexibility in use.

Principle 2: Flexibility in Use



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Inclusive Partnerships in GeoDesign Programming have been developed in partnership with Access to Design Professions, Institute for Human Centered Design, (IHCD) Boston, MA and funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

Pictograms for the Seven Principles of Universal Design © 2001 Beth Tauke, Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.