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Weru Lawrence. Untitled. The ENABLE Model website. Published 2025. Accessed 2026-04-01. https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side

APA
Weru, L. (2025). Untitled. The ENABLE Model. https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side

MLA
Weru, Lawrence. "Untitled." The ENABLE Model, 2025, https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side.

Chicago
Weru, Lawrence. "Untitled." The ENABLE Model. 2025. https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side.

BibTeX

@misc{enable2025navigator-side,
              author = {Weru, Lawrence},
              title = {Untitled},
              year = {2025},
              url = {https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side},
              note = {The ENABLE Model}
            }

Navigator-Side Accessibility Compensations

Navigator-Side Compensations are actions that disabled people are forced to take when builder care is absent.

All users navigate systems. When a system's builders fail to build with care, the navigators with disabilities must shoulder these additional burdens in their attempts to compensate for inaccessibility.

  1. Use Assistive Technologies
  2. Augment with Third-Party Tools
  3. Change System Settings
  4. Create Workarounds
  5. Switch to an Alternative
  6. Use Humans for Assistance
  7. Assert One's Rights
  8. Stage a Protest
  9. Endure Inaccessibility

Edited by Lawrence Weru S.M. (Harvard)

📝 Disclaimer

The ENABLE Model draws on the principles of anthropology and the practice of journalism to create a public ethnography of accessibility, documenting how people intervene or compensate for accessibility breakdowns in the real world. Inclusion here does not imply endorsement. It chronicles observed use -- how a tool, organization, or strategy is actually used -- rather than how it is marketed. References, when provided, are for verification and transparency.


📚 Cite this page

AMA
Weru Lawrence. Untitled. The ENABLE Model website. Published 2025. Accessed 2026-04-01. https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side

APA
Weru, L. (2025). Untitled. The ENABLE Model. https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side

MLA
Weru, Lawrence. "Untitled." The ENABLE Model, 2025, https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side.

Chicago
Weru, Lawrence. "Untitled." The ENABLE Model. 2025. https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side.

BibTeX

@misc{enable2025navigator-side,
              author = {Weru, Lawrence},
              title = {Untitled},
              year = {2025},
              url = {https://enablemodel.com/docs/navigator-side},
              note = {The ENABLE Model}
            }