I have never been universal
UD2012Per-Olof Hedvall, PhD
”Accessibility” onboard X2000
Train car 6Seat 2
Certec
Certec is the division of Rehabilitation Engineering and Design Research at the Department of Design Sciences at Lund University
The X2000 train is an example of how we embed the spirit of the times in artefacts
Attitudes Norms 1
Expectations
”People with special needs”? 2
What are those ”special” needs?
Focusing on special needs is in conflict with thinking in diversity
A starting point in special needs often leads to separate thinking in special solutions
The UD Mindset
How can we design a future that includes people of all ages and ability?
UD is about how we want to live together
Enabling all people “to fully enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms” 3
Start with the motive, the ”why”*
WHY?WHY?
HOW?
WHAT?
Talk less about doors
I think of participation as:To be an ”I” within a ”we”
- To be a gamer- To be one in the family that plays
games- To be a musician
Increase focus on participation
Design for Me <-> Design for All 4
300 %…?
The Activity Diamond – Modeling and Enhanced Accessibility 5
Lived accessibility: individual accessibility in concrete situations
The Activity Diamond: a motive driven model of accessibility
UD will always be under construction
A lot of work remains…
Let’s celebrate progression!
The best sometimes become the enemy of the good.
Let’s encourage and celebrate all progression that points in a UD direction!
Celebrate NSB’s FLIRT
Celebrate UD 2012
Thank you!This presentation is available at:http://www.slideshare.net/peohedvall
E-mail: [email protected]
Twitter: @peohedvall
More information: http://www.certec.lth.se/english/staff/per_olof_hedvall/
References
1. Nordgren, C. (2008). The Art of Living with a Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in its relation to Resources and Norms in Swedish Society. Lund: LTH Retrieved from https://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=1258744&fileOId=1259549.
2. Jönsson, B. (2006). Design Side by Side (p. 204). Studentlitteratur AB,Sweden. Retrieved from http://www.arkiv.certec.lth.se/doc/designsidebyside/designsidebyside.pdf.
3. United Nations. (2006). Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=150.
4. Anderberg, P. (2006). FACE - Disabled People, Technology and Internet. Retrieved from http://www.arkiv.certec.lth.se/doc/face/Anderberg_Peter_FACE-doctoral_thesis.pdf.
5. Hedvall, P.-O. (2009) The Activity Diamond – Modeling and Enhanced Accessibility. Retrieved fromhttp://www.certec.lth.se/fileadmin/certec/PeO_Hedvall/Hedvall_PhD_Thesis_The_Activity_Diamond_20091104.pdf.
* Inspiration: Simon Sinek’s talk at TED in 2009, see http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html, plus Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, see for instance Acting with Technology by Kaptelinin and Nardi (2006)
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