Website highlighting the work and campaigning of The Changing Places Consortium which champions the rights and needs of those people who cannot use standard accessible toilets. This includes people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their carers, as well as many other disabled people.

A link to a video showing features incorporated into housing design for adults with autism

This web-based resource has been created by the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art to share ways to design with people. Get started by meeting real people and exploring a range of activities of daily living. On this site you can review design methods, develop...

Information and video about a way of providing low energy lighting in communities to improve safety and use after dark.

The aim is to influence the designers, specifiers and operators of future care homes to help create spaces that feel more like a 'home', that compensate for multiple disabilities and help older residents to build on their remaining abilities to remain active for longer.

Useful research into design to help manage/minimise violence in Accident and Emergency Hospitals. It may serve to help manage people with behaviour issues. This can help ensure that A&E Departments are safe and welcoming for everyone.

The use of art to support wayfinding in mental health hospitals. Has practical applications in other settings to support people with other conditions.

Website from Stirling university which is prominent in its approach to designing for dementia. The environment plays a huge part in how well people with dementia can function in an environment both inside buildings and in the external spaces.

Update of the 2005 UNWTO General Assembly Recommendations on “Accessible Tourism for All”, taking into consideration the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of 2007. The UNWTO will also soon be publishing The Manual on Accessible Tourism for All: Principles, Tools and Good Practices, which has been...

Video clips demonstrating effective user involvement in the design process.

A website created to help Local Authorities, Landscape Architects, Planners as well as families with disabled children to create inclusive outdoor play areas as well as assessing installed play areas. The site includes a useful checklist that helps people understand what parents of disabled children have to consider before venturing...

Website for a 2009 study on inclusive workplace design - environments for an ageing workforce.

Videos produced by the NDA (Ireland) promoting the value of accessible/inclusive buildings.

Information on the ODI’s website showing how the government works with disabled people’s user led organisations (DPULOs) to develop and strengthen them.

An online access guide with 1000's of buildings and spaces featured nationwide, which help to inform the journey of getting to/into/around and out of buildings....

This guide has been developed from an inclusive design philosophy for built environment professionals and providers of publicly accessible toilets, to help them to make design decisions about their facilities (eleventh publication down).

A RIBA document which states the case for designing for an active third age.

Website containing information, examples and the process of "A Live Project" which comprises the negotiation of a brief, timescale, budget and product between an educational organisation and an external collaborator for their mutual benefit....

Sheffield University have published their experience of Live Projects

A free self assessment tool built upon the 6 Inclusive Design Principles, taken from the Disability Rights Commission (now the Equality and Human Rights Commission). It is designed to be used as a checklist during the development and design of new or existing play spaces, so that all aspects have...

A good practice briefing paper explaining the 6 Inclusive Design Principles, taken from the Disability Rights Commission (now the Equality and Human Rights Commission) which were used to develop the KIDS Inclusivity Assessment Tool for Play Spaces. It explains what is meant by good practice and gives examples to illustrate...

This briefing paper outlines some of the barriers to communication that exist and the variety of tools that can be used in order to support communication with all children. It is useful for anyone who wants to improve their understanding of communication and may be useful in preparation before consulting...

This good practice briefing outlines the findings of a play consultation carried out by KIDS in early 2009 with disabled children. It illustrates a range of methods of consultation which can be used with disabled children and concludes with a number of recommendations about the process. It is useful for...

An overview of a the research carried out with disabled children and their parents or carers, from five different local authorities across England, who gave their opinions about the accessibility of play spaces which had been designed to be inclusive. It highlights the challenges to ensuring all disabled children are...