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About<\/h2>\n\n\n

The Alliance\u2019s mission is to advance equal opportunity in the built environment. This approach includes designing spaces, products, and systems that are centered on inclusive experiences across a spectrum of user considerations, including but not limited to age, disability, and neurodiversity.

The Alliance aims to address the following focus areas: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Establish Inclusive Design curriculum framework<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Refine research strategies for work around Inclusive Design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Build evidence base for design impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Create foundations for grant partnerships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • Provide a library of POE studies and case studies of existing projects

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            The Alliance mission consists of five central aims:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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            Continue to to champion design for disability inclusion\u00a0through data-driven evidence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            Advance Inclusive Design across a spectrum of user considerations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            Increase Inclusive Design adoption through policymaking, education, and awareness <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            Expand project typologies for Inclusive Design<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            05<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

            Convene and grow an \u201calliance\u201d of multidisciplinary experts and practitioners<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            These working aims will be addressed through the following key areas of work:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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            Research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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            Project \/ Subject Matter Consulting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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            Policy and Advocacy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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            Dissemination \/ Education<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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            Academic Curriculum Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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            The Alliance mission consists of five central aims: 01 Continue to to champion design for disability inclusion\u00a0through data-driven evidence 02 Advance Inclusive Design across a spectrum of user considerations 03 Increase Inclusive Design adoption through policymaking, education, and awareness  04 Expand project typologies for Inclusive Design 05 Convene and grow an \u201calliance\u201d of multidisciplinary experts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"interior-about","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/allianceforinclusivedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/allianceforinclusivedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/allianceforinclusivedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/allianceforinclusivedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/allianceforinclusivedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":72,"href":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/allianceforinclusivedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639,"href":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/allianceforinclusivedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.design.ncsu.edu\/allianceforinclusivedesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}