{{Short description|American designer and maker}} '''Alex Truesdell''' (born {{circa|1955}}) is an American designer and maker, specializing in designs which improve the lives of children with special needs. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bcheights.com/2015/10/08/2015-genius-grant-goes-to-bc-alumna-alex-truesdell/ |title=2015 Genius Grant Goes To BC Alumna Alex Truesdell |work=The Heights |publisher=Boston College |date=October 8, 2015}}</ref>
Truesdell earned a BS and MEd from Lesley University and a MEd from Boston College.{{citation needed|date=April 2026}} From 1981 to 1998, she worked with the Perkins School for the Blind; she was founder and coordinator for the Assistive Device Center there. She founded the non-profit Adaptive Design Association based in New York City in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/948/ |title=Alex Truesdell |publisher=MacArthur Foundation}}</ref> Truesdell develops tools and furniture which are low-tech, affordable and adaptable, as well as providing training to others in these techniques.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aplusa.org/projects/low-tech-engineering-adaptive-design-association/ |title=Low Tech Engineering with Adaptive Design Association |work=adaptation + ability group |publisher=Olin College of Engineering}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{cite web |url=http://www.adaptivedesign.org/ |title=Adaptive Design Association}}
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