The Access Lab

The Access Lab aims to:

• raise awareness of inclusive design and accessibility issues through events, exhibitions and examples
• provide a place to facilitate dialogue between disabled people and built environment professionals
• act as a built exemplar of inclusive design principles
• provide training services
• be a resource centre for information about Inclusive design and the history of accessibility in the UK
• provide high quality fully accessible and affordable meeting spaces for local disability and voluntary groups
• facilitate improved forms of user consultation

The Access Lab will contain a range of facilities including:

• exhibition/events space
• training facilities
• testing and evaluation facilities
• meeting rooms
• information and educational resources
• inclusive design bookshop
• accessibility history archive

The Access Lab is aimed at a wide range of people including:

• all users of the built environment
• built environment professionals
• building owners and managers
• manufacturers and product designers
• disability groups and voluntary organisations
• people requiring training
• educationalists

The Access Lab will thus enable CAE to extend and enhance its services in relation to all aspects of the inclusive design process. For more information contact Jos Boys, Development Worker, Access Lab on email jos.boys@cae.org.uk