Design Considerations
Requirements Gathering
Envisionment Methods
Evaluation
Other
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inclusive design
What is Inclusive Design?
Inclusive design is a general approach to designing in which designers
ensure that their products and services address the needs of the widest
possible audience, irrespective of age or ability.
Impairment
- Covers the range of conditions which lead to a person being disabled
- Part of a person’s physical being or cognitive ability which
does not function in the same way as most people’s
- Includes
- Visual impairments,
- Hearing impairments,
- Mobility impairments,
- Medical conditions (e.g. epilepsy or asthma) and
- Cognitive or learning issues
Why Use it?
"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless
of disability is an essential aspect."
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web
Exercise
In small groups of 2/3 discuss how the design of a touchscreen information
kiosk could be modified to accomodate:
- individuals using a wheelchair
- blind individuals
- those with low reading levels
- deaf individuals
Do any of their requirements conflict?
Further Reading
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web
- WebAIM Screen Reader Simulation
- WebAIM Distractibility Simulation