Radical Inclusion: Understanding Universal Design Differently Through Embodied Mapping/s (EM) and Co-Design

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Janice Rieger1

  • 1University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|October 30, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
Co-designcounter-mappingsdesignembodimentinclusionmultimodalmultisensoryuniversal design

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