This is when access for disabled people ends up helping everyone.
For example:
1. Electric Toothbrush Originally designed for people with limited grip or coordination. Now everyone uses them!
2. Ramps Built for wheelchair access, but now essential for cyclists, people with prams, delivery workers & more.
3. Text-to-Speech & Voice Assistants Created for blind & mobility-impaired users. Now used daily to set timers, send texts, and manage smart homes.
4. Velcro Invented in the 1940s, Velcro became widely used in disability care settings before it went mainstream, even before NASA made it famous.
5. Audiobooks Developed to provide access for blind readers. Now a key tool for multitaskers, commuters and resting listeners.
6. Touchless & Automatic Doors Designed for accessibility. Now a standard feature in supermarkets, hospitals, airports and office buildings.
7. Subtitles & Captions Created for Deaf & hard of hearing people. Now used by millions to focus, learn, or watch content in quiet settings.
Which other inventions form part of the curb cut effect?
bl1ndl1fe•6mo ago
This is when access for disabled people ends up helping everyone.
For example:
1. Electric Toothbrush Originally designed for people with limited grip or coordination. Now everyone uses them!
2. Ramps Built for wheelchair access, but now essential for cyclists, people with prams, delivery workers & more.
3. Text-to-Speech & Voice Assistants Created for blind & mobility-impaired users. Now used daily to set timers, send texts, and manage smart homes.
4. Velcro Invented in the 1940s, Velcro became widely used in disability care settings before it went mainstream, even before NASA made it famous.
5. Audiobooks Developed to provide access for blind readers. Now a key tool for multitaskers, commuters and resting listeners.
6. Touchless & Automatic Doors Designed for accessibility. Now a standard feature in supermarkets, hospitals, airports and office buildings.
7. Subtitles & Captions Created for Deaf & hard of hearing people. Now used by millions to focus, learn, or watch content in quiet settings.
Which other inventions form part of the curb cut effect?