Why the article is helpful

• Developing designs for people with disabilities between designers, engineers, and interdisciplinary teams
• Conflicts between principles of design: simplicity, universal design, and experience
• A call to action against an old way of thinking, in which design for disability is solving a medical engineering problem rather than meeting a cultural, societal challenge

The author reflects on Graham Pullin’s book regarding design for disabilities and accessibility as a design issue. Pullin reflected between interdisciplinary teams, designers, and engineers who developed designed for disabilities while take into account context and experience. There is also tension between sets of design principles when making a device universal, simple and delivers the best possible experience for the widest audience. For instance, many voting systems were retrofitted for accessibility rather than designed that way.

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