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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Pulrang writes about disability practices, policy, and culture. Oct 14, 2019, 12:17pm EDT Oct 14, 2019, 07:23pm EDT This ...

Jazmine was a thoughtful and curious student who worked hard to earn good grades at her San Francisco Bay Area public high school in hopes of attending college. “Being blind meant that it took me ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a piece of civil rights legislation designed to protect the rights of people with disabilities. It was passed into law in 1991 and guarantees equal rights ...

I often begin one of my class lectures by introducing the definition of “disability.” The dictionary defines disability “as a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, ...

“Design and Disability,” on view in London, goes beyond the precepts of “universal design” to celebrate particular identities and bodies. By Deyan Sudjic Reporting from London This article is part of ...

The psychiatry profession’s newly revised reference manual on mental disorders changes the definition and classification for many disabilities commonly seen in schools, but those changes—at times ...

In connection with the exhibition Fantasizing Design: Phyllis Birkby Builds Lesbian Feminist Architecture, this online panel discussion invites historians of design and disability to share a ...