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Dear native English speakers,
would you please check another problem? Would my question make sense?
The name "universal design" was introduced in the 1980s by an American professor, Ronald L. Mace. He himself used a wheelchair. His idea was that places and things should be easy for everyone to use.
If you read his "Principles of Universal Design," you can understand more clearly his way of thinking. His basic idea was that things should be designed so that all people-young, old, disabled, not disabled-can use them. In addition, he thought that a design should be simple to understand. That means everyone should be able to use places or products easily without having experience, knowledge, or language ability.
Another of his principles was low physical effort. This means that people should be able to use places or products with the least amount of physical energy. New schools have been built using Mace's ideas of universal design. They are good places to see the design in practice. There you can find wide automatic doors, light switches that are bigger than usual, and elevators to help people go from one floor to another.
Q. Choose one that agrees with the passage above.
(a) The name "universal design" was introduced in the 19th century by an American professor.
(b) The idea of universal design is for disabled people.
(c) Ronald L. Mace could move anywhere without using a wheelchair.
(d) Ronald L. Mace thought that people should be able to use places or products with ease.
Thanks in advance.
Hirashin
would you please check another problem? Would my question make sense?
The name "universal design" was introduced in the 1980s by an American professor, Ronald L. Mace. He himself used a wheelchair. His idea was that places and things should be easy for everyone to use.
If you read his "Principles of Universal Design," you can understand more clearly his way of thinking. His basic idea was that things should be designed so that all people-young, old, disabled, not disabled-can use them. In addition, he thought that a design should be simple to understand. That means everyone should be able to use places or products easily without having experience, knowledge, or language ability.
Another of his principles was low physical effort. This means that people should be able to use places or products with the least amount of physical energy. New schools have been built using Mace's ideas of universal design. They are good places to see the design in practice. There you can find wide automatic doors, light switches that are bigger than usual, and elevators to help people go from one floor to another.
Q. Choose one that agrees with the passage above.
(a) The name "universal design" was introduced in the 19th century by an American professor.
(b) The idea of universal design is for disabled people.
(c) Ronald L. Mace could move anywhere without using a wheelchair.
(d) Ronald L. Mace thought that people should be able to use places or products with ease.
Thanks in advance.
Hirashin