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Syllabus:
Importance and need for Barrier Free Design; Defining Barrier and dimensions of Barrier - physical, psychological and social; Types of Disability; Approaches towards Disability; Medical Model and Social Model; Universal Design principles and aspects; Study of Human-Environment Interaction system; Development of Barrier Free initiatives taken across the globe; Norms and Standards for Barrier Free Design; anthropometrics; Access Audits; approach and methodology; Simulation Exercise; Best Practice in Barrier Free Design; Design Consideration for Internal and External Environment - site planning, parking, approach to plinth levels, corridors, entrance and exit, windows, stairways, lifts, toilets, signage, guiding and warning systems, floor materials. Design elements outside the building – accessing footpath from road and public facilities, signage; Constitutional and Statutory provisions to implement Barrier Free Design; Barrier Free transportation; Barrier Free Tourism; Access Audit- case study and giving design solution to an existing environment Suggested Books/Readings:
1. Accessibility for the Disabled - A Design Manual for a Barrier Free Environment by United nation [available online] http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/designm/index.html.
2. Bednar, M.J., Barrier Free Environments.
3. Harkness, S., Building without Barriers for the Disabled.
4. Manual on Barrier Free Environment, CPWD.
5. The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995
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