What can a body do? How we meet the built world

Hendren examines disability through encounters between bodies, tools, spaces and social expectations. Rather than asking whether a body meets a norm, the book asks what becomes possible through adaptation, assistance and redesign. Its EDI contribution is a relational understanding of ability and dependence: all people rely on designed supports, though some forms of support are normalised and others stigmatised. This matters because inclusive design can otherwise remain focused on technical accommodation without addressing dignity, care and the meanings attached to bodily difference. Through stories and design examples, Hendren helps practitioners attend to agency without romanticising independence. The book deepens EDI knowledge by connecting material environments with lived experience and social relations.