Per-Olof Hedvall
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
Design Can Protect and Support Dignity, But Not Create It (#19)
Every person has inherent worth and dignity simply by being born. It exists whether or not design acknowledges it. But every design decision can either recognise and support that existing dignity, or undermine and violate it.
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
The Lazarus Door – What Inclusion Actually Is (#18)
I recently saw Wake Up Dead Man – A Knives Out Mystery. It was a good film, and one thing in particular stayed with me: the Lazarus door to the Wicks' mausoleum. It took me until the day after to figure out why I couldn't let go of that do…
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
Spring Challenge – Can You Photograph Belonging? (#17)
It is springtime in Sweden, and we are starting to spend more time outside. I have a challenge for you. The next time you go for a walk, look at the spaces around you, and try to photograph belonging. And if you travel, you naturally pay m…
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
The Sign My Mind Added (#16)
I was presenting at a workshop on accessibility and universal design in museums. About twenty participants were in the room. I was in the middle of describing the entrance of the building where I had worked for years, the Ingvar Kamprad De…
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
Benchmarking Universal Design – Are We Looking in the Right Place? (#15)
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you started to discuss how to evaluate Universal Design and ended up discussing ramps and other accessibility features? I have. Many times.
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
On Being Disablised – What 57 000 Media Articles Say About Society (#14)
I made this photo collage to capture a feeling: the experience of being "disablised."
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
What If Universal Design Were Always Nonclusive? (#13)
Every few years, I return to a chapter I first read as a fresh PhD student in 2006. Edward Steinfeld and Beth Tauke's "Universal Designing"[2] was part of a remarkable period for the field. When someone asks me about a key era in Universal…
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
Vibrating Inequality – Testimonial from an iPhone (#12)
Hello there 👋 Disability studies has long argued for centring lived experience. But it can be hard to fully convey what it feels like to move through a city in a wheelchair. This newsletter describes an experiment in making the invisible v…
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
What "Not Yet" Denies, "Already" Can Change (#11)
In newsletter #8, I wrote about a situation on board a train, where I was placed in a separate space that felt like a luggage compartment (Figure 1). It became my most shared post so far, and something clearly resonated.
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
One Word for Universal Design: "Togetherness" (#10)
This is this year’s final edition, written as we head into a season that reminds us of the value of togetherness.
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Say "I Already Belong" And The Conditional Access Paradigm Crumbles (#9)
Lately, I’ve been trying to work through the consequences of the statement “I already belong”.
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LinkedIn Newsletter: "Nonclusive by Design"
Why Getting from A to B Isn't Enough – Understanding Accessibility, Usability, and Universal Design (#8)
Universal Design goes beyond accessibility. This story shows how design choices shape dignity and diversity, and how getting from point A to B isn't enough.
![A close-up photograph of my wrinkled, worn copy of the “Universal Design Handbook” by Preiser and Ostroff from 2001 [1].](/images/posts/n13/1770034460402-1.png)
