UD Flexibility in Use – PNW Dodgerfan

PRINCIPLE TWO:

Flexibility in Use

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

Guidelines:

Provide choice in methods of use.
Accommodate right- or left-handed access and use.
Facilitate the user’s accuracy and precision.
Provide adaptability to the user’s pace.

Flexibility in use. To me this means the ability to accommodate things like being left handed or blind. This is an important aspect of Universal design in that, when it is defined as “for anyone, regardless-” that is what is really meant. ~JAS

The design accommodates a range of individual preferences and abilities. Principle 2: Flexibility in Use. Provide choice in method of use. Accommodate right-handed or left-handed access and use. Facilitate the user’s accuracy and precision. Provide adaptability to the user’s pace. Principle 2: Flexibility in Use – The design accommodates a range of individual preferences and abilities. Provide choice in method of use. Accommodate right-handed or left-handed access and use. Facilitate the user’s accuracy and precision. Provide adaptability to the user’s pace.

This is a video that briefly explains Universal Design principle 2

A sewing table that is designed to accommodate persons seated at a chair or who use a wheelchair. Choice of heights of handrails makes safety available regardless if people are taller or shorter; child or adult.

Does the design provide choice in method of use? Principle 2: Flexibility in Use. Principle 2: Flexibility in Use – The design accommodates a range of individual preferences and abilities. This photo illustrates a building entrance that offers a ramp and stairs, providing equitable use and a choice of entry method. While essential for a wheelchair or stroller user, a long ramp may be too fatiguing for an ambulatory older person and stairs may also be the choice of someone in a hurry who can walk.

For more information:

https://universaldesign.ie/what-is-universal-design/the-7-principles/#p2

http://www.pbs.org/pov/freedommachines/the-principles-of-universal-design/