Mr. Schwab has been a Universal Design (UD) building specialist since 1990. After an internship in CO. with experience in residential and hotel design and construction, he returned to the Midwest to begin his practice as a licensed architect. It was after his Grandfather suffered a series of strokes that he became aware that most American homes may not meet the needs of the elderly or people with mobility impairments and other disabilities. Mr. Schwab has focused on UD & accessible home design as well as light commercial and ADA compliance since 1992.

During completion of his book."Universal Designed Smart Homes for the 21st Century", he suffered a bike accident that left him with a shattered left arm humorous and implant prosthetic.He found his rental home at that time to be partially inaccessible even with this type of disability.

In 2015 his Mother suffered a severe fall at the childhood family home that resulted in paralysis. Like many people, his Mother wished to stay and recover at home as long as possible. This experience again informed Mr. Schwab that the typical, standard American house design most often does not and will not work for an aging population or those who wish to live independently after paralysis, a fall resulting in injury or safe life-time living.

Since that experience with his Mothers falls, Mr. Schwab reimagined UD and access home design for families with disabled children as well. Research includes how home healthcare can be made more affordable when the home is fully optimized so that it offers long-term benefits for people of all ages and abilities.

Mr. Schwab contributed PN Magazine, the magazine for the Paralyzed Veterans of America in a column called Around the House from 2010 to 2017. He contributes to EP/Exceptional Parent magazine for parents of children with disabilities and writes for various newsletters, journals and magazines.

He is an advocate of independent living at home, "aging in place", UD and accessible home design. He appreciates comments from the general public and good old-fashioned phone conversations.

Mr. Schwab is a drawing and watercolor artist, philatelist and numismatist. He loves plants and gardening. He is an avid history buff and fluent in the German language where he studied architecture for a year when studying environmental design at CU Boulder. He is an avid book reader (and writer, at this time). he also enjoys meditation time walking along the bike path of the Mississippi River where he now resides and practices UD home design nationwide and globally, in some cases, from the Quad Cities USA.