In the excerpts mentioned, the idea of access varies across the different topics the authors focus on, but ultimately have the same idea: access is to provide every person with the same opportunity as everyone else in daily life. In Andersen’s article Navigating Through Ableist Architecture, she clearly addresses the problem of architectural restrictions for […]

Most people likely believe that, at least in developed countries, there is fairly equal opportunity for everyone to participate in society to the fullest. Each of these articles offers a different view on that idea, suggesting instead that there are still groups of people that do not have “access” to certain things that most people […]

The idea of ‘Access’ in the two articles, “Navigating through Ableist Architecture”, and “A technology gap between the rich and poor deepening US inequality” highlights the lack of availability with regard to technological and transportation resources for different sectors of society present today. It evokes a sentiment towards the necessity for attention required concerning Ableist […]

What does the idea of “access” mean in these examples? What solutions are being called for and can you think of any others? How far should we go in changing existing structures to accommodate more people–do we draw the line anywhere? Are these instances unethical–why or why not? In the ableism article, Andersen discusses how […]

  In the article “Ableist Architecture,” access refers to the ability of disabled people to use appliances or get to different places in general. There may be difficulties for disabled people to go anywhere around the world because of how architecture was shaped for the majority of society, who do not have any disabilities. The […]

While discussing the topic of access, or the lack thereof, in modern society, people often seem to carefully tiptoe around the real issues to reduce the risk of offending someone. The climate of political correctness that surrounds societal factors that divide specific populations of people, such as physical/mental disabilities, weight discrimination, and poverty, consistently restrict […]

For this blog post, I read the two articles “Albeist Architecture” which was about accesibility for disabled people and “The Technological Gap” which was about access to technology for poorer people. In the first case, “access” means the ability for disabled people to go about their business just like any other person without feeling hassled […]

The majority of people take for granted that we can travel anywhere we want to go using airplanes and transit systems. However, for some people this is not always the case as transit and air travel are both very difficult for individuals who either lack abilities most also take for granted, like climbing stairs or […]

I read the articles about Ableist Architecture, and the Technology Gap.  The idea of  “access” is present in both, yet different. In the Ableist article, “access” is in its most physical interpretation: some people cannot get to some places because of their disabilities.  Generally, the solutions they are asking for is for greater consideration of […]

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) commits to screening passengers without biases towards their race, color, sex, gender identity, national origin, religion or disability.  However, prejudgement, technological limitations, and misconceived notions have led to traumatic travel experiences for butches and transgender people. Similarly, with the “Ethics in Design” article, racial ignorance while developing new and modern […]