DISABILITY & SOCIETY

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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)...