Universal Design for Learning

Cartoon of a man in a wheelchair by a snow-covered ramp. There are students waiting by snow-covered stairs. A man is shoveling the stairs. The man in the wheelchair says Could you please shovel the ramp? The man shoveling the stairs says All these other kids are waiting to use the stairs. When I get through shoveling them off, then I will clear the ramp for you. The man in the wheelchair says But if you shovel the ramp, we can all get in! The caption under the cartoon reads Clearing a Path for People with Special Needs Clears the Path for Everyone!

"Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn" (CAST, Inc. 2019)