Sara
Hendren
Artist & Design Researcher
Olin College
Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, and professor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her work centers on adaptive and assistive technologies, prosthetics, inclusive design, and accessible architecture.
Hendren is a cofounder of the Accessible Icon Project.
Her most recent work, Slope : Intercept, focuses on the design of inclined planes for wheelchair users and skateboarders.
Hendren was recently named an Eric & Wendy Schmidt Fellow at New America and a Public Scholar with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
...I am trying to say that disability is a site of invention and creativity. It is a site of profound humanity and a shared public concern.
Sara Hendren
The Body Adaptive