List for those who are curious about disability and normality

Read, see and hear our recommendations here:

Books

Disability Visibility — first person stories from the twenty-first century, Alice Wong, Boeken vintage, 2020

A groundbreaking collection of essays detailing the joys and challenges of living with a disability in a modern society: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, writers, lawyers, politicians, artists and ordinary people. Find the book by clicking here.

‍Also listen to the related podcast — 100 episodes about med and about people with disabilities to click here.

‍About us — essays from the disability series of the New York Times, Peter Catapano and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2019

About Us is a collection of personal essays and reflections, based on the groundbreaking New York Times series About Us, which has transformed the conversation around living with a disability. The book creates a space where people with disabilities themselves are allowed to draw a picture of their lives being seen and heard as they are - not as others perceive them. Find the book by clicking here.

‍Inclusive architecture, Ryhl C. and Høyland K.

A beautiful and comprehensive book that discusses and further develops on the concept of Universal Design in an architectural perspective and asks the important question: How can we become better at developing good and inclusive solutions? Find the book by clicking here.

Podcasts

What we walk around with
‍In 'The Thing We Go Around With', the poet Caspar Eric takes a trip to the Danish country. He himself has Cerebral Palsy - a spastic paralysis that makes him limp, among other things, and so he has a somewhat ambivalent relationship with walking. But also to his body. And that is why he has now decided to go on a series of walks with some people who have a special relationship with their body in order to both become wiser about theirs and his own. For example, start with the episode where Caspar Eric goes for a walk with Kristian Moltke Martiny in Fællledparken. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.

‍The Purple Pound
‍Is there an economic business benefit to designing accessible goods and services? Evan Davis and guests discuss examples ranging from hair care products to hotel rooms. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.

‍Inkluderet: The Disability Equity Podcast

‍A podcast from the Johns Hopkins University Disability Health Research Center that challenges stereotypes about how life is experienced by people living with a disability through conversations, stories, data and news. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.

‍Design for everyone

‍People have different needs, so one should not only design products and environments for the average human being. Just a single flight of stairs can limit a human being with a physical disability. This is where architects, designers and universal design come into the picture. At KADK, a group of architecture and design students work with universal design and accessibility. But why do they do it? Can we possibly design products and environments for all kinds of people? What is the concept of universal design? We talk more about that in the first episode of Design for All. Listen to the podcast by clicking here.

‍The Fair City AKB, Lundtoftegade develops the city's common space and transcends boundaries with social responsibility, solidarity and participation? Get a glimpse of urban strategic development by listening to the live recording of the debate in the residents' house at Folkemødet 2021. Listen and watch the live recording by clicking here.

Films

Rising Phoenix

‍Rising Phoenix tells the extraordinary story of the Paralympic Games. The Paralympic Games are the third largest sporting event on the planet and have sparked a global movement that continues to change the way the world thinks about disability, diversity and human potential. Can be watched on Netflix. Watch the trailer by clicking here.

‍Crip Camp
‍In the slipstream of Woodstock, a group of teenage campers get inspired to take up the fight for better civil rights for people with disabilities. The film is produced by Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. Can be watched on Netflix. Watch the trailer by clicking here.

TEDTalks

How architecture can create dignity for all

From a combination of professional basis and everyday situations, architect John Cary argues in his TEDTalk why Universal Design is a powerful tool for creating dignity for underrepresented groups. Cary encourages listeners to think about who gets left out when design teams are homogeneous. Watch John Cary's TEDTalk by clicking here.

Why We Need Universal Design

Michael Allen Nesmith, in his TEDTalk, strikes a blow for Universal Design as a broad and necessary tool in our everyday lives. He highlights the fact that, in different environments and times in our lives, we are all likely to experience a functional impairment - whether physical, cognitive, psychic or temporary. Watch Michael Allen Nesmith's TEDTalk by clicking here.

When we design for disability, we all benefit

“I believe that losing my hearing was one of the greatest gifts I've ever received.” According to Elise Roy, her hearing impairment provides a unique way to experience and reframe the world as a lawyer and design thinker - a perspective that could solve some of our biggest problems. In her TEDTalk, she stresses that when we first design for people with disabilities, “we often stumble upon solutions that are better than those designed according to the norm.” Watch Elise Roy's TEDTalk by clicking here.