Living in an age where everyone strives for superficial perfection (generally). With social media influencers, plastic surgery (which, don’t get me wrong, has its advantages, though when one transgresses and obsesses with plastic surgery to an unhealthy degree, it becomes a concern), and many medical procedures, striving for minimizing the appearance of a disability to conceal it.
It was a breath of fresh air to see a reading that is also bringing up elements of design for objects or utilities associated with disabilities. I remember when I myself was very young, and we would decorate and adorn the casts or bandages of classmates who had injured themselves, and was taken back to that era via this reading.
Particularly, the reading is highlighting a change from a “medical” to a “social model”, when it pertains to the design and one’s approach to disability. Two main points that the reading explores is how disabilities and design can be shaped by different perspectives in a increasingly complex world like our own, as well as how design can do more than just fix a patient, it can give them the confidence to be open about a particular disability, instead of concealing it.