February 7, 2010
Design for Disability Will Become the Norm
Ali Smith, Retna Ltd., Corbis
Aimee Mullins, runner and fashion model
Most people will experience a physical or mental disability during their lifetimes. So why don't more designers of devices, appliances, and public spaces heed that reality? Why, for example, must so many buildings be retrofitted with ramps and stair elevators rather than being designed with disability in mind?
Advocates for greater accommodation of people with disabilities contend that good design, by definition, caters to a wide range of human capability. Yet design for disability
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