This book is the result of experience of working with Confartigianato in Vicenza,
whose aim was to train technicians at all levels to be capable of catering for the
needs of the elderly. To achieve this, a course was organised that attracted the
participation of many firms, designers, plant installers and social and health professionals, who for various reasons all took an interest in accessible housing. Avril Accolla and I, as lecturers, realised that it was far from easy to convey the notions in question appropriately to people with such widely different backgrounds, curricula
and interests, so we devised a multicultural system that we decided to call “Ask the Right Question