An Invitation to Participate in a Research Study on
BUILT ENVIRONMENTS’ INFLUENCES ON INDIVIDUALS’ ACTIVITIES

Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research
U.S. Department of Education

A research team from the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on
Universal Design and the Built Environment at the State University of
New York at Buffalo is conducting online surveys examining how designed
environments affect individuals’ activities. The environments being
studied are public buildings, streets and residences.

The study is interested not only in the experiences of individuals with
cognitive, hearing, mobility or sight conditions but also in the
experiences of individuals with none of those conditions. Widespread
participation is very important to the goal of this study to identify
environmental design features that are useable by everyone.

If you think you might be interested in participating or would just
like additional information, go to the research study’s website at
http://www.udeworld.com/research/index.php. Please feel free to
forward this invitation to anyone else you think might be interested.
The surveys will be available online through January 2008.