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Lockdown Might Be Easing But Not For Disabled People Like Me

June 17, 2020 udcom

This new normal risks being a society without disabled people, Amy Kavanagh writes.

User Experiences

It isn’t a wheelchair that makes my life disabled, it’s buildings without ramps

October 4, 2018 udcom

We are not simply disabled by our bodies but by the way society is organised. It isn’t my use of a wheelchair that makes my life disabled, it’s the fact not all buildings have a ramp.

Universal Design (UD) is an approach to design that increases the potential for developing a better quality of life for a wide range of individuals. It is a design process that enables and empowers a diverse population by improving human performance, health and wellness, and social participation (Steinfeld and Maisel, 2012). It creates products, systems, and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability or situation.