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  Design can make or minimize limitations – 
consider design as a human right 
 Redefine sustainability to integrate 
universal design as social sustainability 
Processmatters-invite‘user-experts’

Designcanmakeorminimizelimitations–
considerdesignasahumanright
Redefinesustainabilitytointegrateuniversaldesignassocialsustainability
Processmatters-invite‘user-experts’