On World Interaction Design Day, three designers shared how creatives can build a world focused on inclusion, accessible experiences, and shared dialogue ...

Since the advent of home broadband, smartphones and other internet-enabled devices, there has been a shift in how we communicate with each other. The internet has certainly made many aspects ...

Stylist Stephanie Thomas helps her clients find smart, fashionable looks and wants to make adaptive clothing more readily available ...

Making what you’re designing accessible helps both disabled and able-bodied alike ...

Specialized solutions for disadvantaged people often have more to do with negative perceptions than actual needs ...

Smart Design’s Davin Stowell shares the origin story of the OXO Swivel, one of the great icons of 20th-century industrial design ...

"The moment when someone recognizes that something has led to exclusion, they want to fix it." ...

In the past few years, Google has shifted the way that it thinks about accessibility, moving from grassroots advocacy to codified systems. Beyond making all its products accessible, the next ...

Researchers have developed a new prosthetic leg that will allow amputees to swim without having to worry about switching to a waterproof prosthetic leg as they get in and out ...

It’s extremely important when talking about inclusive design to talk about implementation. Once you’ve gained an understanding of what inclusive design truly is (and isn’t), the task becomes making it ...

Fashion brand Chromat is bringing all the best poolside looks with its latest swimwear campaign. Chromat is known for its inclusivity, and these ads are no different. The “Pool Rules” campaign ...

About 20 percent of Americans have one or more disabilities, and just like in the physical world, the digital one is not always readily accessible. So, going to a website, ...

"This is a safe, quiet environment where they can experience the task in a simulation before actually doing it in the real world." ...

From fostering transparency and fairness in elections to alleviating suffering after droughts and natural disasters, we’re all about giving people the platforms they need to raise their voices and be ...

At Microsoft, we believe in empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more ...

By understanding the range of abilities and capabilities of the people who use our apps, you can design robust apps that work for everyone ...

In order to restore a sense of normalcy to amputees, scientists at John Hopkins University are working on an electronic skin that allows the wearer to feel touch as well ...

This robotics company created the world's first medically certifiable & customizable 3D printed arm ...

A new article published last night by The Wall Street Journal takes a look into how accessibility-focused technology has the "potential to fundamentally change the mobility, employment and lifestyle of the blind ...

At Pinterest, our mission is to help you discover and do what you love. We’re building a product for everyone, because the best Pinterest is inclusive and easily usable for ...

Companies are releasing new inclusive lines that solve some of the dressing challenges that people with physical and mental disabilities face ...

how much design has changed since spellcheck was introduced at Microsoft? Take a look at a feature that now sits right next to spellcheck in Office apps. It’s called Accessibility ...

Why shouldn’t everyone have the chance to experience VR? ...

Ford revealed a prototype technology, called Feel the View, that allows the blind passengers to "feel" what they can't see outside a car's window ...

We’re increasingly asked to solve design problems that — as new technologies are imagined and invented — have never been solved before. The good news is that the principles of ...

Developed in Korea, the Dot is an extremely new product that offers a new take on telling the time and giving notifications to the visually impaired ...

The chair allows disabled people to easily reaching a location that previously would have been inaccessible: a game-changing, retractable set of rubber tracks allows the chair to manoeuvre up and ...

Eye-catching objects designed for, and by, people with physical and other disabilities are the focus of the current "Access+Ability" exhibition in New York ...

Shopping for and choosing clothes is challenging enough that an entire industry of stylists, magazine editors and fashion bloggers has been created to help. But imagine if your parameters included ...

Make a specialty item easier to use — and at the same time, fun, cool and beautiful — and that item may be embraced and used by all. The real ...

Developers from Microsoft’s research lab created the “canetroller”. The team’s goal was to create a device that would successfully enable the visually impaired to form an accurate mental map of ...

A new exhibition at Cooper Hewitt reminds us that all design is fundamentally assistive. What can designing for accessibility teach us about designing universally? ...

Navigating through airports was daunting. The wide-open unfamiliar spaces, the free-flowing and chaotic pedestrian traffic, the numerous shops and restaurants can make the airport experience uncomfortable for blind travelers ...

It doesn't work for anyone unless it works for everyone ...

Target’s latest women’s fashion line was designed with all bodies in mind, including those with disabilities and sensory-sensitivities. On Monday, Target announced its clothing line, Universal Thread, will feature sensory-friendly and ...

The ‘bendy’ straw is a classic example of how a product aimed at a particular demographic ended up being useful to the entire population ...

Sleek wheelchairs, stylish walking sticks, powered body suits and eye writing technology: New Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum accessible design exhibit shows a bright future for aging adults and people ...

Through Aira, a blind person is connected to an agent through their smart glasses. Whenever this person needs helps, they just press a button on a camera, and are immediately ...

Gaming programmers are now developing video games to be "disability-friendly" ...

As part of its popular Cat & Jack Line, Target will soon launch adaptive apparel with features for kids with disabilities ...

Rideshare startups tackle the senior-transport crisis, and test problem-solving the limits of tech ...

Self-driving cars could revolutionize how disabled people get around their communities and even travel far from home. Self-driving cars present fundamentally new ways to think about transportation and accessibility ...

A group of designers has made a virtual reality system that lets people push a real wheelchair through a virtual world. This new system will give the newly-disabled may soon have ...

As part of its popular Cat & Jack Line, Target will soon launch adaptive apparel with features for kids with disabilities ...

Lego unveiled its first-ever minifigure in a wheelchair, which first appeared at international toy fairs this week. Donning a beanie and hoodie, the male plastic figure is part of the company’s ...

New iBeacon guidance technology could revolutionize indoor navigation for the visually impaired. A pilot project is currently underway at the CNIB’s headquarters in north Toronto ...

Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is making a strong move toward universal design, to make sure that this amazing cultural and scientific resource is welcoming and accessible to everyone,  including visitors ...

Technology can help people with autism and intellectual disabilities but inclusive design is the key, UCD professor Lizbeth Goodman tells Claire O’Connell ...

Design is a process by which we improve our world by shaping the objects, environments and systems in it, from the mundane (cupcake tins, lawnmowers) to multi-authored intangibles (governments, social ...

Assistive technology is becoming increasingly more advanced in the modern day world. This umbrella term is one that is constantly evolving over time to incorporate more technological devices designed to ...

For most young people, adolescence is a time filled with fashion and romantic concerns. For Alex Koren, his teen years were the beginning of a quest for equal access for ...