“Disability exposes with great force the constraints imposed on bodies by social codes and norms. In a society of wheelchair users, stairs would be nonexistent, and the fact that they are everywhere in our society seems an indication only that most of our architects are able bodied people who think unseriously about access.”
Last class, we discussed the article by Tobin Siebers and this quote really stuck out to me. We do live in a society that stairs are more prevalent than ramps. I feel like the statement that architects think unseriously about disabilities isn’t entirely true. However, it’s probably not in their list of top priorities as opposed to stucture and making sure things will stay up and be safe.
