Universal design as a tool to promote accessibility

This article aims to show that the universal design which developed out of different stages of including people with body and mental impairments in the full stream of life of the societies, is a highest and most civilised way of designing the human environment for everyone. It is not only the most developed way of treating human needs but also most innovative one, as the studies show. The author presents the development and progress of the tendency, specific trends in universal design and its relations with sustainability. The newest perspective for implementing the universal design is created by the aspect of the cultural inclusion, which shows the problems of integrating people of all kinds and possibilities with the societies in the light of chances for participation in the social life