Recommended material on inclusion and universal design

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Books

‍Abnormal people

Sonja Furu, Strandberg Publishing, 2022 - published on the occasion of the foundation's 150th anniversary

In “Abnormal People,” journalist Sonja Furu examines our understanding of normality, deviance and human vision. Because there is no such thing as a normal. We are all human beings and there must be space and access for all of us. In the book, we are invited to join the author's journey, who uses his own prejudices as a basis to explore whether society today includes without leaving anyone behind and visits a number of people with disabilities to gain insight into their understanding of normality. Join the journey and find the audio and ebook by clicking here.

‍Life with movement disabilities - Perspectives of children and adolescents

Emil Falster, Hanne Warming & Isabella Vagtholm, Academic Publisher,2022
This book provides a unique insight into how children and young people with a mobility disability experience their everyday lives — with the opportunities and barriers of having a norm-breaking body. A number of thematic chapters zoom in on various challenges and dilemmas that children and young people face in everyday life, and discuss how to avoid misguided considerations, unwanted pity, unnecessary adult management and contribution to experiences of discrimination and stigma as a professional or a parent.

Each chapter concludes with questions that invite reflection on the perspectives of children and young people and the professional's options for action in practice. Find the book by clicking here.

‍Dis/AbilityStudies: Theorising disablism and ableism

Dan Goodley, Routledge, 2014
Dan Goodley argues for a new, distinct, intellectual and political project — dis/ability studies — an orientation that can encourage us to rethink the phenomena 'disability' and 'ability'. Drawing on a range of interdisciplinary fields, including sociology, psychology, politics, and cultural studies, this book takes the most current and relevant issues in critical disability theory and pushes them into new theoretical territory. Find the book by clicking here.

‍Crip Theory: Cultural Signs ofQueerness and Disability

Robert McRuer, NewYork University, 2006
‍Theoreia Crip deals with the contemporary cultures of disability and queerness. Both disability studies and queer theory are centrally concerned with how bodies, pleasures, and identities are represented as “normal” or as abject, but Theoreia Crip is the first book to thoroughly analyze the ways in which these interdisciplinary fields inform each other. Find the book by clicking here.

Podcasts

Bygtropolis

Listen to the new season of the podcast Bygtropolis and learn more about how universal design, simple grips and simple facilities can help strengthen communities and leisure life in Denmark. In the first section you can meet Camilla Ryhl, Director of Research at the Bevica Foundation. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.

Youth with a Disability — DHF Youth Circle

What is it like to be young with a disability? What about leisure, dating, boyfriends, sports and sexuality? In this podcast you will meet young people with a disability, who tell about their own experiences and experiences with various issues. Listen to the podcast by clicking here

Disability Matters

Disability Matters with Joyce Bender focuses on the employment and empowerment of people with disabilities. The speakers involved various spokespersons in the field of disability. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.

The Sound of SUMH

In this new podcast, young volunteers from the Association of Young People with Disabilities (SUMH) discuss topics related to youth life and disability. The first episode is about what it's like to be young and date when you have a physical disability. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.

Films and broadcasts

Bevica Foundation 150 years
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Every month in 2022, the Bevica Foundation marks its 150th anniversary with a new short film about our notions of what a human being really is. There are currently seven short films with different protagonists that focus on normality and human vision. See all short films here.

Find Nemo
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Have you ever thought about Find Nemo is about a young clownfish who has a disability and is not considered normal at school? The worldwide cartoon is good for starting up the conversation with children around normality and disability.
Can be seen on Disney+. Watch the trailer by clicking here.

Lunch Bag Lectures
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The Universal Design Hub offers a series of short digital presentations, called Lunch Bag Lectures, which unfolds and discusses universal design, the United Nations World Goals and Leave No One Behind from different research perspectives. See all Lunch Bag Lectures here.

Specials
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Netflix series Specials deals with a young man trying to live the life he has always dreamed of. He wants to move away from home. Find out his sexuality. And now yes, he also has cerebral palsy. Watch the trailer by clicking here.

The Untouchables
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The Intouchables is one of the most watched French films worldwide, which is based on an autobiography about the meeting between French aristocrat Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and sidekick Abdel Sellou. The film is about the meeting between the two people who come from different environments with different functional abilities and how they see each other at eye level. Watch the trailer by clicking here.

Places of visit

Vandhalla
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Vandhalla is Denmark's most inclusive swimming pool. The pool is universally designed, and the swimming hall has the country's only water slide, which can be accessed by an elevator, thus creating equal access for wheelchair users. Vandhalla is part of Egmont High School in Hou and since 1956 has welcomed people with different functional abilities and creates a community across the many higher education students. The swimming pool is open to all visitors. Read more about Vandhalla on the college's website by clicking here.

Wadden Sea Centre
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The Wadden Sea Centre is located right on the Wadden Sea, which is Denmark's largest, flattest and wettest National Park - and has been granted UNESCO World Heritage status. The new landscape plan has made it possible for everyone to experience the beautiful natural surroundings of the centre. Read more about the Wadden Sea Centre by clicking here.

Mønsted Limestone Pits
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Mønsted Kalgruber is an award-winning example of how culture can be for everyone and that it is possible to create equal access for all without compromising architectural expression and without visible accessibility measures. It is “simply” about thinking about accessibility from the start and as a basic premise. Read more about Mønsted Limestone Pits by clicking here.

Musholm — Holiday, sport and conference
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Musholm was named the world's most accessible holiday, sports and conference centre in 2016, as it is universally designed and built according to the principles of the Muskelvindfonden: “Not just room for everyone, but also room for differences.” With many activities, their multi-hall that promises sweat on the forehead — regardless of functional capacity — and many different holiday homes, the place is worth a visit. Read more about Musholm by clicking here.

Kollund Nature Universe
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In Kollund Nature Universe, everyone can get a nature experience in a newly planted forest, experience a completely newly established lake with a nature bridge, spend the night in a shelter or make snow bread in the fire hut. The nature bridge, the fire hut and two shelters are designed for wheelchair access. Read more about Naturuniverses Kollund by clicking here.