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New Jackson+Williams piece is out and holy shit there are some outstanding points in this. Liz and Rua have repeatedly helped my thoughts evolve over the years. This does it again. This one isn't just about how "design for one, extend to all" is limited, but actively censors disabled people.

Liz Jackson@lizjackson.bsky.social

Our latest for Thank You for your Feedback Loop. A story and an idea. I'm hoping @fractalecho.bsky.social can better explain. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...

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Liz.... my big takeaway is that we need to do [ redacted ]. lmao In all seriousness though, I have been distraught for the past couple years. What do we do? Can we win against the behemoths? How? Prefigurative politics doesn't seem like enough when most all resources sit in a few buckets.

I've been thinking about methods of robin-hooding, in particular. I've used "design for one, extend to all" to get funding (and then very much just did "design for one" work). But this approach doesn't dismantle systemic problems, either.

The "prowl" quote is so good: The Microsoft Inclusive Design Toolkit uses empathy to prowl for these moments of disability ingenuity, because “the insight is in the adaptation.” Replace "Microsoft Inclusive Design Toolkit" with "HCI researcher" and we run into all the same critiques.