Dr. Fisher helped San Francisco State design student Seira Yasumatsu fine-tune her entry in this year’s Stanford Center on Longevity International Design Challenge. (Photo by Judy Goddess)

The walking sticks Dr. June Fisher uses buffer her struggles with severe arthritis.  And they might just give her an inside edge on the usefulness of products for older adults and those with disabilities.

One of those retired but busy people, she spends a lot of time mentoring design students and professionals. And she is determined to imprint her mantra, “Design with us, not for us.”

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