Documents Tagged ‘Design for Independent Living’


A Word on Words

Archive Entry Date: 1979

In its use of the term "crip," the landmark book Design for Independent Living captures the ethos of a revolution

Wheelchair Dancing

Archive Entry Date: c. 1970s

An image, courtesy of Jane Scherr, of the thrill of ecstatic wheelchair movement

Portrait of Peter Trier

Archive Entry Date: 1973

An advanced thinker reflecting on the terms of Berkeley's disability culture

Design for Independent Living

Archive Entry Date: 1979

An overview of this radical design manual and ethnographic study of Berkeley's crip culture