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One of the first designs that came to mind for disabled people is the bathroom rails in public bathrooms.  Very clearly, it is for people with physical disabilities that prevent them from walking.  Right away, I think that makes it an inherently good design to some degree.  It\u2019s not confusing.  Any person could figure it out when they saw it which is important.  If something is designed for a disabled person and it isn\u2019t exactly clear what it is or who it\u2019s for, it can be misused or broken accidentally.  So the fact you can see it and acknowledge who it\u2019s for and what the purpose is, it\u2019s a good design.  It also satisfies the need for people who can’t use their own legs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not quite sure if it fixes the person or fixes the problem\u2026 It more so allows someone who can’t walk and sit themselves down so they are able to use the toilet on their own without help.  So in that regard\u2026 I suppose it allows someone to be more self sufficient despite the disability so \u2026 that\u2019s good.  I suppose you could say it attempts to fix the person since it just leaves the tools to use the toilet like normal, but you could also say it solves the problem since without the rails, they wouldn\u2019t be able to sit themselves on the toilet on their own.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it is the best use of resources since it\u2019s so simple.  It just has the rails and not much else so it\u2019s simplicity allows it to use only what it needs to function.  I have seen some that are on a hinge and can fold up against the wall so they don\u2019t constantly jut out of the wall which is useful.  In terms of who it excludes I suppose blind people might hit their leg against it (unless it\u2019s one of those foldy types I mentioned).  I think it also could exclude people without arms since the purpose of the rails is to hoist oneself with one\u2019s arms.  Although\u2026 I think if you don’t have functioning arms or legs then you likely wouldn\u2019t be in a wheelchair trying to use a toilet on your own.  Beyond super rare disabilities I don\u2019t know about, it isn\u2019t very exclusionary to many people.  It\u2019s just there if you need it and if you don’t, you leave it be.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the first designs that came to mind for disabled people is the bathroom rails in public bathrooms.  Very clearly, it is for people with physical disabilities that prevent them from walking.  Right away, I think that makes it an inherently good design to some degree.  It\u2019s not confusing.  Any person could figure it … Continue reading Disabled Design<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/jacobsbraingoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}