On the 14 October 2025, CEUD hosted the third in a series of lunch time webinars as part of the Universal Design in the Build Environment series 2025. This webinar, Designing for Every Mind: Why addressing neurodiversity is fundamental to Universal Design in architecture was presented by Jean Hewitt of Buro Happold who spoke about the importance of designing for everyone including people with neurodiversity from the beginning of the design process.
You can watch the recording of this webinar below. ISL interpretation and captions are included.
Learning Outcomes
After this webinar you should have:
Improved Awareness of the diversity of users impacted by the design of the built environment.
Understanding of the benefits of taking a Universal Design approach, including designing for people with neurodiversity.
Awareness of further resources and information.
About Jean Hewitt, Buro Happold
Jean is Technical Lead in the Inclusive Environments team at Buro Happold, an international and multi-disciplinary consultancy practice and has over 25 years’ experience in supporting and delivering inclusive spaces. She is author, contributor and co-editor on a number of publications, and was BSI’s appointed Technical Author for PAS 6463 “Design for the Mind – Neurodiversity and the Built Environment” 2022 working with a steering group of experts. She has contributed to several other publications on this topic as well as wider aspects of accessibility and inclusive design, such as Sport England’s Accessible and Inclusive Sports Facilities Guidance in 2024.
Alongside her role at Buro Happold, Jean is an Honorary Associate Professor at UCL (having developed their MSc module on Designing Inclusive Places), a longstanding member of BSI’s B559 Committee, and is currently the UK Government’s Disability Access Ambassador for the Built Environment, a voluntary role appointed by the Cabinet office.
