What is Inclusive Design?
- User-centred design has a focus on inclusive design.
- Designers try to create products that are suitable for users with disabilities and other users.
- Inclusive design requires designing universally accessible products for all users including those with physical, sensory, perceptual and other challenges and impairments.
Definition
- The design of mainstream products and/or services so that they are accessible and usable by as many people as possible without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
Disabilities
- Disabilities are often categorized on a spectrum of timescale, from permanent to temporary to situational.
Consideration of Users
- A designer must consider the needs, wants and limitations of the end user within every stage of the design cycle.
- The ability to identify how users will interact with a product, service or system is vital for its success.
- To achieve this, designers must be able to acquire and analyze valid data without making assumptions about how the product may be used.
- The ability to put aside one’s own ideas and bias is essential for UCD.
- Designers must act with integrity and not project their own ideas of what the user requirements are when trying to create technological solutions to their problems.
Sources
https://www.coursearc.com/accessibility-content-fundamentals/