Some designs seen in this environment do and do not work for people with special needs. For example, placing a door switch on a ramp is very difficult to use when in a wheelchair on said ramp. Also, some ramps are way too steep and very scary to go down in a wheelchair. The designed environment should be accessible to everyone, regardless of cost. Not everyone has special needs, but there are circumstances that would require someone to be in a wheelchair for a period of time, or walk with a walker. Making places accessible for everyone should be very important to all designers. If the designed environment is not accessible to everyone, only a fraction of the population would be able to enjoy those spaces and the remainder would be alienated from this population. Designing environments to be accessible for everyone creates no barriers and enables people to interact with each other on a level field.
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