Thinking today of this quote from the first Disability Meets Architecture episode we did. It’s a quote from Karen Braitmayer:
_“One of the things I do is talk a lot about how we need to encourage young people with disabilities who have an interest in design to come join the design field. There are too many people down the food chain in a student’s life who say “oh, architecture, I don’t think you can do that, because… maybe you can’t climb a ladder… or your fine motor skills…” If there’s anybody listening out there who has had someone say to them “I don’t think you can be a designer,” just come talk to me [laughs].There are lots of ways to go around all those supposed “barriers” so that you can contribute. I think design is about having great ideas, and getting them down in a way that somebody can build it, and we need more people who understand different aspects of the world to engage in that process.” _