Curb cut effect
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curb-cut-effect-219-3510374
title:
Curb cut effect
text:
The curb cut effect is the phenomenon of disability-friendly features being used and appreciated by a larger group than the people they were designed for. For example, many hearing people use closed captioning. The phenomenon is named for curb cuts – miniature ramps comprising parts of sidewalk – which were first made for wheelchair access in particular places, but are now ubiquitous and no longer widely recognized as a disability-accessibility feature. The curb cut effect is a subset of univers
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Effect of assistive technology
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_cut_effect
date created:
2020-11-08T07:34:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T10:51:39Z
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