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Linda E. MenckProfessor of Practice
Department of Strategic Communication Diederich College of Communication Johnston Hall 520 414.288.3649 [email protected] |
INCLUSIVE DESIGNEvery design decision has the potential to include or exclude.
Inclusive design emphasizes the contribution that understanding user diversity makes to informing these decisions, and thus including as many people as possible. User diversity covers variation in capabilities, needs and aspirations. Inclusive Design is a methodology, born out of digital environments, that enables and draws on the full range of human diversity. Most importantly, this means including and learning from people with a range of perspectives. |
In this section of Constructing Disability we’ll take a deep dive into how inclusion can be a source of innovation and growth, especially for digital technologies. It can be a catalyst for creativity and an economic imperative. And we’ll contend with a central challenge: is it even possible to design for all human diversity?
We'll also test our assumptions about inclusion and how it shows up in the world around us. We’ll explore the reasons why our society perpetuates exclusion and new principles for shifting that cycle toward inclusive growth.
We'll also test our assumptions about inclusion and how it shows up in the world around us. We’ll explore the reasons why our society perpetuates exclusion and new principles for shifting that cycle toward inclusive growth.
Inclusive Design Section Learning Outcomes
- Define inclusive design and articulate why designing for inclusivity matters.
- Differentiate inclusive design from universal design, design-for-all, and accessibility.
- Identify and explain the principles of inclusive design.
- Differentiate between permanent, temporary and situational disability.
- Prepare to practice empathic research to design a personalized persona spectrum.
- Diagram the user-centered design process incorporating inclusive design.
- Analyze and present an inclusive design business case study from a unique industry.
- Articulate five ways inclusion fuels innovation.
