So many of the UD web sites concentrate on the elderly; that’s wonderful. I learned this when looking for specs and ideas about a grab bar, etc. for the shower for myself long before my mom needed it. Stiff and frustrated. I ended up combing through through my dad’s old specs and some old Architectual Records, AIA Journal, and Architecture Magazine, building code manuals, for reference. It was more physically comfortable, especially on HPD’s (high pain days), to look at portable books and magazines. And I ended up looking at the AIA Universal Design Newsletter new product section to ferret out products.

The wrought irony is that if you need to be looking at the web to get idea for implentation of the UD principles then you might be looking at it to get ideas for someone of any age.

You would bring so so much to the table; you can visualize, experience, articulate AND bring a robust, pragmatic, intuitive presence.

And thanks for the smile and shared joy. You brought back a great memory of an excited phone call made on my first visit to NYC. “I saw both the Seagram Building AND the AT&T building!” It was a standing joke amongst his colleagues and friends for years. Yes, studying architecture at Columbia would be a wonderful experience.

During the past few years I’ve consulted for some of the larger software and media companies as I’ve helped to design their web site and web applications, and made things easy to use. This has allowed me to work from home, which has been great.

There are a lot of aspects related to usability and accessibility in web design, as well.