Inclusive Design and Accessibility Paradigms in Lebanon

Dr. Itab Shuayb: She is an academic and senior researcher specializing in the field of inclusive design. She is affiliated with the Centre for Lebanese Studies. While she was formerly a Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of Connecticut, she is currently serving as an academic visitor at the Engineering Department - Inclusive Design Group at the University of Cambridge. In this role, she is actively engaged in conducting research pertaining to inclusive design within higher education institutions.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Lebanese disability right movement, law 220/2000, and its impact on the educational sector.- Chapter 3. Inclusive design verses accessibility paradigm.- Chapter 4. A review of a Lebanese accessibility guideline.- Chapter 5. Inclusive design at universities: the American university of Beirut case study.- Chapter 6. American university of Beirut findings.- Chapter 7.  Proposals for inclusive university buildings.- Chapter 8. Can accessibility guidelines lead to an inclusive built environment? discussion of findings.- Chapter 9. Inclusive design teaching Pedagogy: Reflections on teaching inclusive design.