AN INTERVIEW WITH STEVE WRIGHT BY HAWA ALLARAKHIA, M.ED.
Q Did you design the course with a disability model in mind, i.e., medical, social, or moral?
A The model was certainly not medical or moral.
So I suppose it was social.
Basically, a lot of architects (not just students in the field) think the ADA is some kind of building code that can be waived or reduced by variance.
I taught that it is basic civil rights protection under federal law. I also opened eyes by sharing that the UN has identified more than 1 billion people with disabilities on earth, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) numbers say one in four of us will experience a disability in our lifetimes.
Those numbers speak to a market for design that accommodates all.
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