{"id":37312,"date":"2021-05-20T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T09:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balkantimes.press\/?p=37312"},"modified":"2021-05-20T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T09:26:30","slug":"global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad-lets-stop-designing-for-the-mythical-average-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balkantimes.press\/en\/global-accessibility-awareness-day-gaad-lets-stop-designing-for-the-mythical-average-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)-let’s stop designing for the mythical average man"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neurodiversity<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 there is no average person!<\/span><\/h2>\n

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On Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2021 let us consider why we need to stop designing for the mythical average man.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have been reading some interesting articles about the basis of everyday design and how our cities have been built for 6 feet men.<\/a>\u00a0Designing for the average seemed to make sense at one level but in reality, means it works for almost nobody.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0world\u2019s average person<\/a> described by National Geographic nearly 10 years ago talked about being a male, Han Chinese, speaking Mandarin, and right-handed. As a 5-foot 2 inch Welsh, English-speaking, the right-handed woman I am not average, and will never be or want to be. As a consequence of this, I have spent my life standing on tiptoes to get to reach the top of cupboards and needing to use a cushion to raise myself to the height of an average table leaving my feet dangling like a 3-year old. My family is certainly not average either we have left-handers, right-handers, and ambidextrous people, short, tall, and everywhere in between.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neurodiversity- our framing CAN change over time<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n