This Is How We Care

028: Designing Our World With Accessibility In Mind with Kristie Cabrera

Episode Summary

Kristie Cabrera (she/they) is a queer and neurodivergent accessibility and inclusivity consultant utilizing a background in occupational therapy to guide organizations on improving their accessibility and inclusivity practices. She is particularly passionate about collaborating with spaces that aim to provide healing and growth, including nature spaces, health centers, and forward thinking schools and nonprofits. 

Episode Notes

Kristie Cabrera (she/they) is a queer and neurodivergent accessibility and inclusivity consultant utilizing a background in occupational therapy to guide organizations on improving their accessibility and inclusivity practices. She is particularly passionate about collaborating with spaces that aim to provide healing and growth, including nature spaces, health centers, and forward thinking schools and nonprofits.  

In this episode, Kristie and Emily discuss the importance of increasing access to nature spaces, how designing with accessibility in mind provides exciting solutions and new perspectives for everyone, normalizing resistance as a part of creating inclusive space, and how we can work through that to design for a wider range of bodies and minds.

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