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A few decades of national design standards for accessibility, combined with accessibility scoping requirements in building codes as well as national requirements such as under the Americans with Disabilities Act, have helped to improve awareness, design competence, building construction and accessibility. However the promise of mainstreaming such accessibility provisions -- that is, Universal Design -- has not been realized, especially in homes. Even the first editions of the International Codes, slated for adoption across the USA beginning in 2000, leave much to be desired in terms of their development process, content, adoption and enforcement. How and why did this happen? What can and should be done to utilize more successfully the immense power of codes to advance universal design?
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