Disability-Related Embodied Empathy from Existing Media

A design pedagogy approach, introduced by Baltaxe-Admony et al., that does not translate specific aspects of disability theory into technology requirements but instead develops curricula that sensitise design students to disability cultures and to the lived experiences of disabled people through engagement with existing media. DREEM positions empathy and cultural literacy - not simulation or proxy - as the foundation on which accessible design practice is built.