A review by em_reads_books
Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design by Bess Williamson

3.0

Very much an academic book - some of the language and argument had my eyes glazing over a bit - but worth a read for the breadth of the information it covers and the social shifts it investigates. What could have been a designer-centered history of stuff made for accessibility is instead centers folks with disabilities and their agency in interacting with the material world. It makes for a pretty interesting history of activism and cultural perceptions told through the story of objects and architecture.