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Jul 28, 20232 min read
Authenticity Matters! Stop Using Inauthentic Stock Photos to Depict Wheelchair Users - Erik Kondo
Who plays wheelchair basketball in a hospital chair wearing street clothes? These examples below are just some of the contrived and often...
Jul 28, 20233 min read
Stop Objectifying People with Disabilities for the Sake of “Niceness” – Erik Kondo
Let’s take a moment to bask in the glow of this feel good video. Afterall the negativity in the world, isn’t it wonderful to see people...
Mar 24, 20233 min read
How Far Should We Take this "Inclusivity" Thing? - Erik Kondo
It is unlikely that Candace Owens was actually interested in an actual discussion of benefits and drawbacks of “the inclusivity thing” in...
Mar 17, 20235 min read
Marginal Analysis and Disability Stigma in Low Resource Countries – Erik Kondo
One of the constants around the world is that, as a group, people with disabilities are the lowest social class and the poorest...
Feb 23, 20233 min read
Closing the Participation Gap - Promoting Full Inclusion of People with Disabilities. – Erik Kondo
When it comes to increasing inclusion for people with disabilities (PWDs), it is important to determine what are the factors that lead to...
Feb 9, 20233 min read
The Curse of Low Expectations - Erik Kondo
Many people are familiar with the English curse of "May you live in interesting times.” This is an ironic expression where interesting...
Dec 10, 20205 min read
Incremental Universal Design and the Accessibility Continuum– Erik Kondo
The concept of Universal Design has been around for decades. The basic idea is to make the environment and things in the environment...
Jun 23, 20203 min read
What Your Comments Say About You - Erik Kondo
Review any video of an impressive personal achievement on social media and you will see a wide variety of comments. Broadly speaking,...
May 27, 20204 min read
The Normalization of Low Expectations – Erik Kondo
The concept of normalization has been well established. Normalization occurs when ideas and behaviors that fall outside of current social...
Apr 24, 20193 min read
Rescue & Reward: Solving the Dockless Bike-Share Problem - Erik Kondo
The Problem Bike-share bicycles and scooters blocking sidewalks or haphazardly strewn about are a systemic problem in need of a systemic...
Feb 6, 20193 min read
Stop Using Wheelchair Users as Foils for Your Lesson - Erik Kondo
“Be thankful for what you have, it could always be worse”. This is a fairly common message used to remind people about how “lucky” they...
Jan 21, 20191 min read
The Wheelchair Wheel of Life -Erik Kondo
The WWoL is a modification of the Wheel of Life[1]. It takes into consideration the influence of society (Top Down - external factors)...
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