Given the amount of work we are doing in the environmental graphic design world, we believe it’s important to spread the word about this project so that the new icon be adopted and implemented by all. We are informing our clients of this update. These simple signs are typically controlled by the general contractor or engineer. Signage consultants and environmental graphic designers should have these incorporated into their scope of work instead. Below is a simple example we designed.

The following is excerpted and quoted content from the accessible icon project organization website by Sara Hendren. The original content was created in February of 2016 and was published on the url listed and linked at the bottom of this article. From Accessible Icon with (my words in parenthesis):

The Accessible Icon Project is an ongoing work of design activism. It starts with a graphic icon, free for use in the public domain, and continues its work as a collaboration among people with disabilities and their allies toward a more accessible world.

Making connections (with people all over the world who are advocating for disability rights) has outpaced our (original) expectations for this work by a hundredfold. Those newfound collaborators have also told us that they wanted a new formal icon to replace the old ones, not just a street art design (which was the original project intent). So the project grew from guerrilla activism to a social design project: The Accessible Icon Project. We partnered with Tim Ferguson Sauder, a professional graphic designer, to bring our icon in line with professional standards.

accessibleicon.org