34: Engaging Disability Theory in Planning Practice

Today, we welcome Dr. Timothy Ross, who is a Scientist with the Bloorview Research Institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Canada where he leads the Engagement & Planning for the Inclusive Communities Lab (or, the EPIC Lab). Tim is also an Assistant Professor (status) in the Department of Geography and Planning and the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto, as well as a Registered Professional Planner.

We’re talking about his paper, Engaging Disability Theory in Planning Practice. He encourages planners to embrace disability theory and the complexity of disability experiences and to work toward unsettling the normalcy of disabled people’s exclusion in planned environments.

Inclusive Playgrounds Playbook: https://hollandbloorview.ca/research-education/bloorview-research-institute/research-centres-labs/epic-lab-inclusive

Artwork: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.etsy.com/shop/EmilyHIllustrations?ref=search_shop_redirect⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music: Ryan Kinnear, Reid Cai, and Becca Mayers