accessibility threads Flashcards
elise roy tedtalk
went deaf at 10yrs old
- disability rights lawyer
design thinking: 5 step process for innovation and problem solving
- define problem and constraints
- observe and empathize w ppl IRL
- make many ideas
- prototype
- implement sustainable solution
created sagety glasses that visually alert pitch changes in tools
many ideas were created for disabled i.e. texting
- argues should design for disability first
adults in motion
talks to disabled and asks what kind of modifications they’d like in community
i.e. elevator, more bus accessible stores and facilities, accessible parking that’s big w sidewalk access
accessible entrance instead of special needs entrance…more inclusive terminology
STIL solutions
sustainability thru inclusive lens
- she lost vision during undergrad
disability is a social construct…social perspective
space is accessible if disabled don’t have to modify identity, body, etc. to access services
- do you have to change who you are?
inaccessibility can be discrimination
start designing for disabilities first
halloween and disabilities
caroline sanchez made adapted disney costumes for children
- wheelchair wraps can go onto the seats and wheels
- rear opens, flaps for tubes, long length
- washable and wipeable
stranger things TV show:
- pennhurst mental hospital inspired by real institute that held ppl w ID and mental illness
- became tourist attraction
- segregation and eugenics
bitty and beau’s
inployable
coffee shop run by ppl w disabilities
- DS, ASD, intellectual and dev dis
use playing cards w e/o
- give card to customer, announce number and suit instead of pronouncing
- shows how they’re valuable, employable
- human rights mvmnt
inployable: employment network for ppl w down syndrome
- 50% DS are unemployed
- recruitment company
stella young inspiration porn
- wanted to give awards, give speech, etc.
- “not real people” just there to inspire
- social media inspirational posts aka inspiration porn—objectify someone for another
disabled bcs society says so
- overcome many things, but not your body…what society prescribes onto you
- learn from strengths, not diagnoses
kitchener memorial auditorium complex
grand river accessibility community made recommendations
- leveling issues i.e. high to low…made new paths
- accessible porta potty
- high contrast poles and stairs
- soap dispenser closer to sink
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