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Embracing Differences: Understanding and Designing for Neurodiversity

When we design for neurodiversity—be it autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder—we design for everyone.

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Chris Laing Builds a Bridge Between Architecture and the Deaf Community

Metropolis speaks with architectural designer and activist Chris Laing about his new open-source platform Deaf Architecture Front.

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David Gissen on Constructing an Architecture of Disability

The designer, historian, and educator speaks with Metropolis about his new book and the importance of centering disability in design practice and education.

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Manhattan’s Center for Architecture Imagines the Future of Universal Design

Curated by Barry Bergdoll and Juliana Barton, Reset: Towards a New Commons explores “more holistic approaches to inclusion” through architecture and design.

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Will the Metaverse be Accessible?

Virtual and augmented reality experiences have the power to make a more accessible world or to lock people with disabilities out. Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips says what actually happens is up to us.