Cooper Hewitt’s Design and Disability programs invite participants to explore relationships between design and disability, centering disabled perspectives as essential to the future of inclusive and innovative design. Through lectures, panels, workshops, and community gatherings, these programs aim to highlight the work of disabled designers, and examines how disability can inform design practices, aesthetics, and systems.
Join us for an afternoon of community, crafting, and conversation inspired by disability activist, writer, and visionary leader, Alice Wong.
This gathering invites participants to collaboratively reflect on Wong’s transformative impact on inclusive design and the participation of those with lived experience in accessible design strategies. Learn about Wong’s influence on design thinking through community discussion and shared reflection. Engage in drop-in crafting and art-making activities inspired by her advocacy and creativity. Whether you are familiar with her work or just learning about her contributions, this event offers space for connection, creativity, and care.
Through her advocacy, storytelling, and leadership, Wong transformed conversations around disability justice, representation, and access. Wong (1974–2025) was a groundbreaking disability activist, writer, and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, among a multitude of other cross-disciplinary projects dedicated to amplifying disabled voices. Her work revolutionized disability representation within inclusive design and community advocacy spaces.