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Each of them was interested in learning current industry practices and how to make their policy better.None of the policies researched in this study were created with universal design in mind. In the future, it may be easier to access companies with universal design knowledge creating polices. This would be an opportunity to list new or updated best practices."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Universal Design Frameworks for Policies in the Workplace: Case Studies and Best Practices"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Paquet, Victor","Industrial and Systems Engineering"],"dc:creator":["Kern, Cassandra"],"dc:date":["2018-10-26T02:57:09Z","2018","2018-08-10 14:46:40"],"dc:description":["M.S.","Universal design has been used to establish spatial requirements and physical guidelines to benefit all users to the extent possible. 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