In this panel discussion, architects with disabilities will speak about their life experience. Some have been disabled since a young age; others have developed disabilities as professionals in the discipline. In addition to discussing lived experience in the profession, the panelists will also discuss the education and training of architects. When does the selection process of architecture school—and the assumptions about the mandatory abilities required in practice—start to determine who we see in practice?
Karen Braitmayer, FAIA, Founder and Managing Principal, Studio Pacifica
Chris Downey, AIA, Principal, Architecture for the Blind
David Gissen, Class of 1972 Professor of Architecture and Director of PhD Program, Yale University; Author of The Architecture of Disability
Rachel Updegrove, Lab Planner, HERA laboratory planners
Richard Dougherty, Executive Director of Architecture and Facilities, Gallaudet University

