
8 common questions about accessible UX
Inclusive design is about serving all types of people, and being exceptionally aware of our biases when creating designs. If you’re doing it right, you’re building a product that is usable ...
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What pandemics can teach us about universal design
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how humans use digital products. As usage numbers increase, we must think of everyone when designing ...
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Ep 80: Fashion
Today’s episode is about fashion with Stephanie Thomas. Stephanie is a Disability Fashion Styling Expert and Founder and CEO of Cur8able, a business dedicated to the art and science of dressing with ...
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On racism and sexism in branding, user interface, and tech
Race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender are complex topics. For years, the world has been trying to move past certain stereotypes and transcend prejudice. However, as technology and design advance, they ...
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What pandemics can teach us about universal design
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how humans use digital products. As usage numbers increase, we must think of everyone when designing ...
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WHY COMPANIES SHOULDN’T LABEL CLOTHES ‘ADAPTIVE’
Clothing for people with disabilities is a growing market in the US, but companies need to consider the language they use when marketing it, a new study shows ...
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The business case for inclusive design: The Big Hack study findings
Our latest study looks at how much businesses are missing out by not developing accessible websites, apps, and products. It is part of our broader research into how inclusive design affects ...
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Why 2019 was a landmark year for disabled fashion
Despite Nike and Tommy Hilfiger X Zendaya making clothes for a disabled audience, the conversation around it is just beginning ...
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The Rise of Inclusive Design
Make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or disadvantage of anyone ...
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From Resources / Inclusive Design 19th November 2019 The business case for inclusive design: The Big Hack study findings
Our latest study looks at how much businesses are missing out by not developing accessible websites, apps and products. It is part of our broader research into how inclusive design ...
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Disabled people want disability design—not disability dongles
At first glance, a high-tech stair climbing wheelchair might seem like a cool innovation. But for Liz Jackson, it's another example of what she refers to as "disability dongle." ...
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#InclusionChamps – Prashant Gade wins Universal Design Award 2019 for Inali Arm
In our profiles on the winners of the Universal Design Awards 2019, we focus on Prashant Gade, a young innovator, who has developed a low cost prosthetic arm that is ...
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Why Inventing For Diversity And Inclusion Is So Essential
What would the world look like if there was more diversity and inclusion in inventing? Over the past few years, academic research has identified significant disparities in the rate at ...
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Mattel’s First Black Barbie To Use A Wheelchair Is Getting Lots Of Praise For Its Inclusivity
Since the 1950s, Barbie has come a long way in terms of inclusivity, diversity, and dismantling traditional gender roles. And most recently, the company behind the iconic dolls, Mattel, unveiled its ...
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Megan Rapinoe’s new lifestyle brand is built on inclusive design
Earlier this month, four current and former players from the U.S. national women’s soccer team launched a lifestyle brand. The brand isn’t about their names, but about their philosophy as ...
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IKEA Expands Its Ergonomic Product Line to Include Products for People With Disabilities
IKEA debuted Omtänksam, which means “thoughtful” in Swedish, in 2017 to bring together comfort, functional assistance and IKEA’s design aesthetic in a series of household goods. At the latest event, ...
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Eight of the best design products celebrating Pride Month 2019
With this year's Pride Month in full swing, we've rounded up eight products that you can truly use and wear with pride, from rainbow-printed Nikes to a multicoloured Ercol loveseat ...
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Meet the designer who’s had enough of the lack of inclusivity in the fashion industry
It’s not just the poorly designed website or stores, or lack of awareness or training that’s problematic for disabled people - it’s also the absence of stylish, professionally-designed quality clothes ...
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IKEA launches gaming products focused on accessibility and esports
IKEA is partnering with medical wearables company UNYQ to release a line of gaming accessibility product ...
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Using Voice Interfaces to Make Products More Inclusive
Whether you’re creating services, physical products, or software, inclusive design is essential. Inclusive design means making products accessible to, and usable by, as many people as possible. Voice user interfaces ...
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How to make packaging more accessible
Designing packaging that is easier to read, open and use for blind and disabled people ultimately improves everyone’s user experience ...
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An Xbox controller with a built-in Braille display is Microsoft’s latest gaming accessibility play
Microsoft has been leaning into accessibility in gaming lately, most visibly with its amazing Adaptive Controller, and a new patent suggests another way the company may be accommodating disabled gamers: an Xbox ...
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Lego releases Braille bricks to teach blind and visually impaired children
Lego has unveiled a new project aimed at helping blind and visually impaired children learn Braille in a "playful and engaging way." Lego Braille Bricks, a concept originally proposed to ...
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How America’s individualistic streak shaped design for disability
DIY innovators, and consumer products, have had to fill gaps in policy ...
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The untold story of the vegetable peeler that changed the world
Smart Design’s Davin Stowell shares the origin story of the OXO Swivel, one of the great icons of 20th-century industrial design ...
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Ikea is hacking its own furniture for people with disabilities
Now Ikea Israel has teamed up with the nonprofits Milbat and Access Israel, each of which specializes in making the world more accessible, to develop a series of modifications to fix popular Ikea ...
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Elderly and Disabled Assistive Devices Market 2016-2024
Assistive devices and technologies minimize individual’s dependence on others and helps improve quality of life. Devices such as wheelchairs, visual aids, hearings aids, and specialized computer software and hardware system ...
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LapWrap Positioning Pad Provides Security for the Patient and Versatility for the Surgical Team
The LapWrap ensures complete patient stability by firmly securing patients’ arms by their sides during the entire surgical procedure, with full visual access for the surgical team ...
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Visually impaired kids can whip up a feast with these veggie-shaped utensils
Aimed at kids and adults alike, the smiley-faced kitchen tools make it easy and enjoyable for everyone to lend a hand at mealtime ...
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The Importance of Inclusive Design
Everyone should be able to access information or use a product and/or service easily. ...
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Why empathy is the key to better digital accessibility
Digital accessibility expert Dan Holbrook on why empathy is the most important thing when creating accessible products ...
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Barbie gives inclusivity another try with new wheelchair and a prosthetic limb
Barbie is making moves to broaden the definition of beautiful. In June, Mattel will debut a doll that uses a wheelchair and a doll with a removable prosthetic leg as ...
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What brands are doing to be more inclusive for people with disabilities
From Asos’s wheelchair-friendly jumpsuit to Starbucks opening its first sign language store, brands are making moves to cater for people beyond the mainstream and unlock the potential of the ‘Purple ...
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How People with Disabilities Are Using AI to Improve Their Lives
Advances in artificial intelligence have spurred the development of smart devices to help people overcome physical and cognitive challenges. And, this may just be the beginning ...
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How we’re designing musical instruments with the help of disabled musicians and VR
Virtual Reality technology opens up new experiences and possibilities in music for people with disabilities ...
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Glasses give sight to the legally blind
A pair of glasses from eSight that helps people who are legally blind actually see — in some cases, even better than people with 20/20 vision ...
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Limb-art: prosthetic leg covers that aim to be “beautiful” as well as “functional”
Design Reality has worked with Paralympian Mark Williams on a range of plastic leg covers for those who have prosthetic limbs that aim to be both “durable” and “attractive” ...
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Disabled video gamers find more options as EA, others expand choices
Aaron Cendan’s new video game controller features a subtle but significant design change ...
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Davos 2019: Cooper Hewitt museum director on the power of inclusive design
Empathetic, user-centred products that can shape a more equitable world for people with disabilities go on show at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week ...
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Why Sign-Language Gloves Don’t Help Deaf People
Wearable technologies that claim to translate ASL overlook the intricacies of the language, as well as the needs of signers ...
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How designing for inclusion can help develop better products for all
In this article I will talk about the implications of disability for design and I will discuss how inclusive design ultimately can lead to better products for all ...
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Scottish Wheelchair Inventor Secures Key Funding
A Scottish inventor has secured almost £400,000 in funding for his design for a wheelchair ...
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The Future of Inclusive Design
GRAY talks to three pioneering individuals who are changing both the way we approach design and who can approach it ...
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Temple OT students help better the life of children with cerebral palsy
Temple University students are making a profound difference in the quality of life of some young people, and all it is costing is care and commitment ...
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Digital and Disability: How Inclusive Design Makes Life Easier
Each of us, regardless of where we’re from, our gender, class or disability must be able to access and make the most of the digital tools around us. They connect ...
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Flexible Seating for the Universal Design for Learning
My students need to have more seating options when they walk into my room ...
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3 Innovations That Started Out as Inclusive Design Solutions
From tech to media to consumer products, there’s been a big push to make corporate America more inclusive. Kat Holmes, who lead inclusive-design initiatives at Microsoft and Google, wants companies ...
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This User-Friendly Menstrual Cup Is What Happens When Design Is Inclusive
When her old cup kept failing her, Jane Adame, whose connective-tissue condition makes her joints unstable, had to imagine there was a better way ...
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How Tech For Blind People Is Getting Better
From smart glasses with an integrated camera for reading, to apps that offer more independence and freedom, what's some of the best new technology for people who are blind or ...
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Uncomplicated Technology, and Why It’s Always Worth Your Money
If you believe the marketing, you’d think every new gadget will change your life, but many are confusing to use or doomed to obsolescence. Here’s how to determine whether your ...
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IKEA-Engage in Inspiring and Inclusive Design in NYC
About 15 percent of the world’s population live with some form of disability. Together with leading experts in the field, IKEA is expanding its OMTÄNKSAM range with the aim of ...
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