This article talk about how designers and architects focuses on how people see their designs and how aesthetically pleasing, while underestimating the other human senses like sound, touch, smell, and the needs of people with sensory or mobility differences.

”…“Accessibility” should be an integral design philosophy that aims to accommodate the widest range of abilities possible; unfortunately, many architects see accessibility as merely synonymous to the Americans with Disabilities Act Design Guidelines. Certainly the ADA, passed in 1990 and amended in 2008, is landmark civil rights legislation that has gone a long way to ensuring equality for disabled citizens, but it’s only a single, regulatory tool. Architects might not admit this, but ADA design requirements are often approached with an air of resentment: “This is going to increase our construction costs by at least 8%” or “We’re going to need a fairy godmother to shoehorn this ramp on the front of this building!” In the “building-code industrial complex” our profession currently finds itself in, there are surely ways to make accessibility requirements more efficient, but more than that, I wonder if the attitude in our profession needs to be re-visited?  Instead of approaching disability considerations as a burden, what opportunities are available if we embraced the diverse perspectives of those who experience the world differently?…”