Bir Hak Olarak Erişilebilirlik: Evrensel Tasarıma Dayalı Yaşam Alanları ve Kapsayıcılık
Synopsis
Rights and legal regulations provide a basis for individuals to benefit from health, education, and social servives as active participants in the society which they belong to. It is important to design accessibility and related arrangements based on an inclusive approach. An accessible life is made possible through regulations that ensure full and independent participation in terms of individual characteristics. At this point, both existence of legal regulations and social change and transformation toward social inclusion are required. The main purpose of universal design is to minimize potential barriers that may arise in an individual’s interaction with the environment, as much as possible during the design stage. In this chapter, prepared as a literature-based review, the right to accessibility and living environments based on universal design are examined within the scope of the fundamental principles of inclusiveness. Accessibility is not limited to physical environments; it requires digital and communicative accessibility and a design that takes into account the diversity across all living environments from educational institutions to health institutions, housing, transportation systems, cultural areas, and digital platforms. Therefore, living environments based on universal design extend beyond the technical aspects of accessibility, bringing together the principles of human rights, independent living, equality, inclusiveness, and full participation under the same framework.
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