ACCESSIBILITY CULTIVATING ACCESSIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR ALL:

AN INTERVIEW WITH STEVE WRIGHT BY HAWA ALLARAKHIA, M.ED.

Q How did you incorporate the experiences and challenges faced by individuals with temporary disabilities?

A In each of our 15 course sessions, we explained that disability is not some remote, outlier issue … that it is not just a person with a spinal cord injury. 

We explained how universal design supports aging in place. 

We also underscored, frequently, the truth that barrier-free design is NOT simply for people with disabilities. 

That it makes the public realm and interior of spaces easier to live in for children, elderly, and all people. 

And that it can be beautiful and sustainable design.