2024-05-02T11:12:35-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150175278/is-providing-accessible-design-a-shared-responsibility Sean Joyner 2019-12-18T17:00:00-05:00 >2019-12-18T16:45:10-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3c/3c8de4e45413be106f932215290d60a9.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Nearly thirty years after the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed, accessibility for disabled people both online and in public space remains severely insufficient. New York artist Shannon Finnegan and design historian Aimi Hamraie, who currently resides in Nashville, held a video chat on October 9 to discuss their respective artistic, activist, and historical takes on disability justice.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Aimi Hamraie's 2017 book <em><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Building-Access-Universal-Politics-Disability/dp/1517901642" target="_blank">Building Access: Universal Design and the Politics of Disability</a></em></em> explores the question of who counts as "everyone" according to architects of the Universal Design movement.&nbsp;</p><p>Finnegan's artworks include pieces such as "<a href="https://shannonfinnegan.com/museum-benches" target="_blank">Museum Benches</a>," benches that are inscribed with: "THIS EXHIBITION HAS ASKED ME TO STAND FOR TOO LONG. SIT IF YOU AGREE." In this article, the pair discuss at length their ideologies around the shared responsibility around access in our society today.</p>