As you wait for the pedestrian walk signal to change, your phone buzzes with a new email notification from the event organizer. Nevertheless, there are multiple city blocks between you and your first presentation and traffic is moving so slow that you opt to walk.Īt every intersection you encounter, the curb gently slopes down from the sidewalk to the street providing a smooth on and off ramp for your luggage. Thankfully, all you’re carrying is your new four-wheel suitcase and an over-the-shoulder bag. You know where you are going, but your flight was delayed and you don’t have time to stop by your hotel. Imagine for a second the feeling none of us have missed during this period of social distance being rushed and generally uncomfortable while traveling to a conference or trade show. As we continue to navigate this time of exclusion from many of the day-to-day parts of our lives, it’s a perfect time to reflect on how inclusion has led to historic breakthroughs in design and innovation that benefit us all. Whether it has been exclusion from your place of work or worship, or the ones you love -physical distance is something we can never truly transcend. Rarely, however, is it as collective an experience as this past spring has been. Going beyond “accessibility” to bring the perspectives of traditionally excluded populations to the forefront of the design process.ĪT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER, we all experience exclusion in our lives.
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