Until she was five years old, Tobiloba Ajayi, the CRO of #LetCPKidsLearn Foundation, Nigeria, didn’t realize she was born with cerebral palsy. Tobi has been confronted with questions about what it means to live with cerebral palsy in Nigeria. In this interview, she tells us her fondest memory of Valentine’s Day, her first heartbreak, and the tough questions she had to ask in relationships as an adult with special needs.
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The simple act of play or leisure can be limited depending on if one is a low-, medium- or high-income earner. While this is an uncontrollable play of economics in our current systems, it is worth reflecting: what kind of policies or designs make it so that the simple and necessary parts of life depend on how much income one has earned? Do public spaces truly function as communal points for everyone, or are there several segregated points that cater to just one spectrum of the economic scale?
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In the time I have spent attending lectures and seminars on designing cities, inclusion always seems to be hinted at as a paper requirement for approval. Sadly, many of us still lack the reality of inclusion in our communities. On the journey to building more resilient and sustainable cities, there have been attempts in policies — like the 2030 New Urban Agenda — to fight for inclusion. But, I ask: do these policies encompass true understanding of the people they claim to advocate for?
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