EP 86: Designing for Disability | Laura Mauldin

Why do we hate disability?  Why does design neglect
disability? How do disabled people tap into their creativity to
make the world accessible? Laura Mauldin is a writer, sociologist,
and interdisciplinary scholar based in Brooklyn, NY. She's
currently an associate professor at the University of Connecticut.
Her research focuses broadly on disability, care, and technology.
Her first book, Made to Hear: Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf
Children, documented the structure and culture of the systems we’ve
designed to try to make deaf kids hear. Currently, she is writing a
nonfiction book on spousal caregiving that weaves together
research, memoir, and cultural commentary. She’s recently published
articles in The American Prospect, Baffler Magazine, and the Los
Angeles Review of books connected to spousal caregiving. Most
recently, she launched the new website DisabilityAtHome.org which
documents the daily hacks that disabled people and caregivers have
devised to make life work at home.  Episode Mentions: Book:
Made to Hear: Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf Children by Laura
Mauldin Website: disabilityathome.org Article: Care Tactics:
Hacking an Abelist World by Laura Mauldin Article: Finding Comfort
at Home: New Website Logs Solutions to Everyday Problems for
Disabled People and Their Caregivers Follow: Liz Jackson Follow:
Imani Barbarin Website: Well Spouse Association Other related
content: Website: engineeringathome.org Link: Designing for
Disability - TED Talks Follow Laura: Twitter | LinkedIn Episode
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