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Key Takeaways
Disability design often falls short due to well-intentioned but ultimately useless solutions known as disability dongles.
Products and services designed for disabled people should involve them closely in the design process to ensure relevance and effectiveness.
Some designs are created more for raising awareness, winning awards, or gaining attention rather than actually helping disabled individuals.
Meaningful engagement with disability is crucial in design to avoid erasing or euphemising disability.
The announcement to abandonment cycle is common, where attention-grabbing announcements lead to abandonment of projects after initial excitement.
Key Statistics
An example of a disability dongle is the stair-climbing wheelchair that may not address the core need for accessibility.
A case study of Valspar's Color for All campaign highlights the tendency for projects to be abandoned after the initial announcement.
The example of Nike's...
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