The 7 Principles of Universal Design emerged from the built environment, but things have moved on since the 1990s. Steinfeld and Maisel joined the dots between universal design and the ICF and devised the 8 Goals of Universal Design.
The Goals of Universal Design are more practical than the 7 Principles. They emerged from work that links the concepts with the World Health Organisation’s, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).
Universal Design Guidance and the ICF demonstrates the application of universal design for developing design guidance standards. It uses a set of linking rules together with related classifications to represent the interaction of human functions, activities, and environmental factors. These classifications are continuously evolving as new knowledge emerges.
A slideshare deck demonstrates Steinfeld and Danford’s crosswalk of universal design principles with the ICF. It shows the process they went through to translate the 7 Principles of Universal Design to the 8 Goals of Universal Design, as well as relating them to universal design and the ICF. All other references were removed except for a review of the ICF conference which includes Steinfeld and Danford’s paper at item 7.