Infrastructuring for Access

A design approach introduced by Wang and Marie (CHI 2026) that combines HCI's infrastructuring theory with Disability Studies and Repair Studies. Rather than focusing on removing barriers or accommodating individual users, Infrastructuring for Access treats disabled practitioners' existing workarounds as creative responses that should be institutionalised into globally available tools, thereby reducing the ephemeral access labor disabled people perform every day. The approach articulates six design principles centred on community engagement, interdependence, honouring workarounds, and long-term co-design.