Resources
One of the expectations of the AIAS/AARP student competition is to make
students aware that background research is a fundamental element in approaching
any design project.
AARP
www.aarp.org
AARP: Home Design
www.aarp.org/families/home_design
AARP: In Brief: Opportunities for Creating Livable Communities
www.aarp.org/research/housing-mobility/indliving/inb155_communities.html
American Occupational Therapist Association
www.aota.org/News/Consumer/HomeModificationsPromoteIndependentLiving.aspx
Adaptive Environments
www.adaptiveenvironments.org
Accessibility/ADA
US Access Board
www.access-board.gov
800.872.2253
The Center for Universal Design
www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/index.htm
Design for the Life Span of All People? Spotlight on Adaptable Housing.
Rehab Brief, Vol. 10, No. 12, p 1-4.Falls Church, VA: PSI International, Inc.,
4p. NARIC Accession number: XO08668.
Housing Modifications for Persons who are Blind or Visually Impaired."
Re:view, Vol. 24 No. 1, Spring 1992, p. 23-28. Heldref Publications.
6p. See Publisher. NARIC Accession number: XJ22781.
HOME MODIFICATION/DESIGN AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING
Chen, V.T., Baruch, L.D., Scharf, P.T., Tanner, R.W., & Edlich, R.F.
Kansas State University’s Universal Design Learning site
www.k-state.edu/udlearnsite/
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
www.nahb.org
Residential Rehabilitation, Remodeling and Universal Design
The Center for Universal Design
North Carolina State University College of Design
www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/pubs_p/docs/residential_remodelinl.pdf
Shared Solutions America
www.livablehomes.org
National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification at USC
www.homemods.org/index.shtml