• Universal Design and the Problem of “Post-Disability” Ideology

    Author(s):
    Aimi Hamraie (see profile)
    Date:
    2016
    Group(s):
    Critical Disability Studies
    Subject(s):
    Architecture, Design, Disabilities, Disability studies
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    Disability
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6G10T
    Abstract:
    Although Universal Design gains popularity as a common sense strategy for crafting built environments for all users, accessibility for disabled people remains a marginal area of inquiry within design practice and theory. This article argues that the tension between accessibility and Universal Design stems from inadequate critical and historical attention to the concept of disability as it relates to discourses of “good design.” This article draws upon critical disability theory to reveal the persistence of “post-disability” narratives and “ideologies of ability” from the eugenics era into the present theory and practice of Universal Design.
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    Pub. DOI:
    10.1080/17547075.2016.1218714
    Publisher:
    Informa UK Limited
    Pub. Date:
    2016-8-19
    Journal:
    Design and Culture
    Volume:
    8
    Issue:
    3
    Page Range:
    285 - 309
    ISSN:
    1754-7075,1754-7083
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 years ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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