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Does the Universal Symbol for Disability Need to Be Rethought?

Two designers suggest turning the symbol into a reconfigurable library of icons

By Jesus Diaz

Ninety-three percent of people with disabilities don’t use a wheelchair, even though the universal symbol that identifies this group is a person in a wheelchair. Liam Riddler, a creative…

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