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ACCESSIBLE DESIGN FOR THE BLIND





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 * Travel skills
 * Accessible Pedestrian Signals
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   * APS Manufacturers
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 * Tactile Walking Surface Indicators
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ABOUT ADB


ACCESSIBLE DESIGN FOR THE BLIND

Accessible Design for the Blind is committed to making travel safer for
pedestrians with disabilities through research, consultation, education and
advocacy.

Accessible Design for the Blind (ADB) is a woman-owned business that was started
in 1992 by Billie Louise (Beezy) Bentzen.  The business was incorporated in 2006
as Barlow Design, Inc. doing business as Accessible Design for the Blind.  For
more than 15 years, Janet M. Barlow and Dr. Bentzen served as the principal
officers of ADB.  Each with long histories as Certified Orientation and Mobility
Specialists teaching safe travel techniques to pedestrians who are blind or who
have low vision, many of whom also have cognitive, mobility or hearing
impairments, Ms. Barlow and Dr. Bentzen built upon their direct service
backgrounds to engage in an extensive research program designed to make the
built environment more accessible to pedestrians with disabilities.

The members of the broader ADB team keenly feel the loss of Janet and remain
dedicated to the ADB mission in her honor and memory.  In 2022, the business was
reorganized and registered as Accessible Design for the Blind, LLC.  The company
is led by Dr. Bentzen (Director of Research), Jennifer Graham (Research
Associate), Linda Myers (Research Associate), and Alan Scott (President).  Each
member has 20+ years of experience in teaching, training, presenting, writing,
and/or researching safe travel for pedestrians with disabilities.  This team
continues to offer the very specialized human factors research and consulting
services in accessibility for people who are vision disabled that have been the
signature of ADB for 30 years.

The principal members of ADB past and present have authored Accessible
Pedestrian Signals: A Guide to Best Practices, Detectable Warnings: Synthesis of
U.S and International Practice, and numerous articles and papers on
accessibility issues. They have been involved with standards development as
members of the Signals Technical Committee of the National Committee on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices, the American National Standards Institute Committee
A117 on Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, the Public Rights-of-Way
Access Advisory Committee of the U.S. Access Board, and The International
Organization For Standards (ISO) Technical Committee on Assistive Products for
Persons with Disability.

Members of ADB regularly present sessions and seminars on access issues for
pedestrians who are blind or who have low vision at conferences of the
Transportation Research Board, the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired,
the American Council of the Blind, and other organizations, and have written
extensively on the topic. Current projects involve research on crossing
treatments at roundabouts, research and development of guidelines and
instructional materials on the use and installation of accessible pedestrian
signals, and research on wayfinding surfaces, techniques, and technologies.
These projects are conducted with the support of the National Institutes of
Health/National Eye Institute, the National Cooperative Highway Research
Program, the U.S. Access Board, and the National Institute for Disability and
Rehabilitation Research.

Current projects involve research on crossing treatments at roundabouts and at
protected and other alternative intersections; research on treatments for
separated bike lanes at sidewalk level, and for pedestrian crossings of bike
lanes of various designs; and research on the design, installation, and
usability of tactile walking surface indicators for a number of purposes. These
projects are conducted with the support of the National Institutes of
Health/National Eye Institute, the National Cooperative Highway Research
Program, the U.S. Access Board, and the National Institute for Disability and
Rehabilitation Research.




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 * About ADB
   * Projects
   * Publications by ADB Principals
   * Presentations by ADB Principals
 * Travel skills
 * Accessible Pedestrian Signals
   * APS Features
   * APS Installation recommendations
   * APS Resources
   * APS Manufacturers
   * APS PowerPoint Presentation
 * Tactile Walking Surface Indicators
   * Detectable Warning and Curb Ramp Resources
   * Detectable Warning Manufacturers
   * PowerPoint Presentation
 * Temporary Traffic Control
 * Web Links
 * Contact Us

Accessible Design for the Blind is committed to making travel safer for
pedestrians with disabilities through research, consultation, education and
advocacy.
© 2024 - Accessible Design for the Blind

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