So why don’t we have it?

• Attitudes towards disability cause design exclusion in public policy, products, buildings

• Designers are taught to design around a mythical normal population

• Universal design is seen as a euphemism for ‘disabled design’ rather than inclusive design

• Perception still retained of normal designs for ‘us’ and special designs for ‘them’

• Perception extra cost and loss of aesthetics

Jane Bringolf Confirmation of Candidature Presentation UWS

December 2008