Ivy Tech Community College

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Ivy Tech Community College Universal Design
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Disability Support Services

• What is Universal Design?

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Universal Design is

• Barrier free design coupled with assistive
  technology which provides a level of
  accessibility.
• Strives to be a broad spectrum solution that
  helps everyone.
• Recognizes how things look.
• A part of everyday living and is all around us.

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 1. Equitable Use
• Instruction is designed to be useful to and
  accessible by people with diverse abilities
• Provide the same means of use for all students
  identical whenever possible, equivalent when not.

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 2. Flexibility in use
• Instruction is designed to accommodate a wide
  range of individual abilities.
• Provide choice in methods of use

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 3. Simple and Intuitive
• Instruction is designed in a straightforward and
  predictable manner, regardless of the students
  experience, knowledge, language skills, or
  current concentration level.
• Eliminate unnecessary complexity.

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 4. Perceptible Information
• Instruction is designed so that necessary
  information is com-municated effectively to the
  student, regardless of ambient conditions or the
  students sensory abilities.

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 5. Tolerance for error
• Instruction anticipates variation in individual
  student learning pace and prerequisite skills.

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 6. Low Physical effort
• Instruction is designed to minimize nonessential
  physical effort in order to allow maximum
  attention to learning

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 7. Size and space for approach and use
• Instruction is designed with consideration for
  appropriate size and space for approach, reach,
  manipulations, and use regardless of the
  students body size, posture, mobility, and
  communication needs.

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 8. Community of Learners
• The instructional environment promotes
  interaction and communication among student and
  between students and faculty.

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Universal Design

• 9 Principles
• 9. Instructional Design
• Instruction is designed to be welcoming and
  inclusive. High expecations are espoused for all
  students.

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So, who are our students today?
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Visual impariments
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Learning impairment
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