Universal Designers Information

The current and future demographics of North America have produced a growing need for housing and communities that better support an individual's day-to-day activities and are more accommodating as abilities change. The need is great and growing and the trends in home styles have not kept pace. There are 125 million residential units in the United States right now. Perhaps 15 million of them have significant usability / accessibility features. There are 60 million people living in the United States with some type of disability, a population bubble of 77 million "baby boomers" moving into middle age, and a group of older adults whose numbers will double by 2030. No domain is more in need of universal design than housing and the communities of which they are a part. UDS6 will provide learning opportunities through informal discussion, breakout, and plenary sessions. The conference will attract hundreds of the nation's most enthusiastic practitioners and thought leaders. Click here for a list of previously covered topics at Universal Design Summit.