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Disabled, Neurodivergent, Accessibility Critic, Speaker, Architectural Accessibility and Universal Design educator and policy specialist

#TeachableMoment 🛑 These residential bathroom floorplans I just saw posted today (#GAAD of all days) are labled as "typical layouts" and are perfect examples of the systemic ableism pervasive in architecture and interior design for too long. Photo description: 5 different floor plan drawings of inaccessible washroom designs labeled as "Typical Bathroom Design" Typical? Well certainly typically oblivious they are discriminatory and that 100% of us are born with or get disabilities during our lives due to illness, accidents and aging. Learn how to fix and right size your designs with this RAIC - IRAC 10 week online course at: https://lnkd.in/dwSGJap #AccessibleCanada #ADA #AODA #AMA #NSAA #ABCA #NLAA #ASA #ableism #architecture #InteriorDesign #housing #design #disability #accessibility #education #legislation #CRPD #SDGs #Sustainability #CultureChange

  • 5 different floor plan drawings of inaccessible washroom designs labeled as "Typical Bathroom Design
Julie Sawchuk

Making spaces accessible. Accessibility Strategist | Educator | Speaker | Best-selling Author | julie@juliesawchuk.ca

6mo

And this is exactly why we wrote Building Better Bathrooms. People design and build what they know, what they think works, the same way they've always done it because they don't have the perspective of a person who needs the space, the grab bars, the knee clearance, the colour contrast... Jane Vorbrodt Samantha Ryan (Proulx), C.E.T., RHFAC, BCIN https://www.juliesawchuk.ca/books/p/style-01-ej5na-nc9bb-b4fl5

John Watters

Probation Officer at Ontario Ministry of Children Community and Social Services (Retired)

7mo

One of the basic of human necessities

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