• Future of Accessibility

    Why is accessibility a futurist issue? Because, trends being what they are, we face a future in which a growing proportion of American society will have accessibility challenges. For example: Today, 1in 8 Americans are older than 65. In …
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    I am getting ready for a presentation at the Leadership and Excellence in Accessible Design (LEAD) conference to be held at the Kennedy Center later this month. The presentation will ask and try to answer two big questions—what will the …
  • Take a Seat

    This article originally appeared in the September/October 2008 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Here is a scene I witnessed on a recent visit to a major American art museum: In a foyer between galleries, a young woman …

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