In addition to the industry surveys, a survey of former students of UD education programs is being conducted. Additional surveys of former students of other programs may be conducted as their information is made available to the project team. One finding of the survey so far is that, although the majority of the respondents reported that their UD training was not a factor in obtaining a job, most had found the training useful. Many had been able to use their education to practice universal design at least in some limited fashion. The database is intended to serve as an easy, complete reference for researchers, product designers, advocates, regulators, consumers, and others interested in universal design of products.
Many documents are available in electronic form as part of the database.
The development of this design tool is being impacted by the findings of this project. It will be evaluated by the project team as to its effectiveness in facilitating universal design of products. The results of this project are being disseminated via the World Wide Web, as well as via conference presentations and other media. Reports and information resulting from this project will be found in that section. The initial role of this team was to identify key factors impacting the practice of universal design, as well as to assist in the industry surveys - with company selection and analysis of results.