Designing Inclusive Futures

by Langdon, Patrick; Clarkson, John; Robinson, Peter

• ISBN13: 9781848002104
• ISBN10: 1848002106
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Designing Inclusive Futures is the result of the fourth CWUAAT workshop held in Cambridge, England in April 2008. It represents developments in the field from the past five years and provides practical examples and methods of application of inclusive design.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. xi
Understanding Users
Converting Disability Data into a Format Suitable for Estimating Design Exclusion	p. 3
Using Constraints in the Understanding of the Interactions between Products and Humans	p. 15
User Involvement and User Data: A Framework to Help Designers to Select Appropriate Methods	p. 23
Engaging the Ageing: Designing Artefacts to Provoke Dialogue	p. 35
Biomechanical Analysis of Opening Glass Jars: Using Kinematics	p. 45
Building a Consumer Network to Engage Users with Disabilities	p. 55
Inclusive Design
Help or Hindrance: The Use of Tools for Opening Packaging	p. 65
The Sound of Inclusion: A Case Study on Acoustic Comfort for All	p. 75
Designing an Inclusive Pill Dispenser	p. 85
Prior Experience of Domestic Microwave Cooker Interfaces: A User Study	p. 95
Prior Experience and Intuitive Use: Image Schemas in User Centred Design	p. 107
Sustaining Autonomous Living for Older People Through Inclusive Strategies for the Home Appliance Design	p. 117
Computer Access and New Technologies
Investigating the Security-related Challenges of Blind Users on the Web	p. 129
Access Barriers to Wireless Technologies for People with Disabilities: Issues, Opportunities and Policy Options	p. 139
Gaze Interaction with Virtual On-line Communities	p. 149
The Resolution Race: Perpetuating Inaccessible Computing	p. 163
Assistive Technology
A Case Study of Simulating HCI for Special Needs	p. 175
User-led Design of Technology to Improve Quality of Life for People with Dementia	p. 185
Photonote: The Making of a Classroom Adaptation System	p. 197
FES Indoor Rowing and On-water Sculling	p. 207
Universal Access to Shopping: Apparel Acquisition Preferences for the Working Woman with Physical Disabilities	p. 215
Inclusive Environments
Is Remodelled Extra Care Housing in England an Inclusive and Care-neutral Solution?	p. 227
Designing for an Ageing Population: Residential Preferences of the Turkish Older People to Age in Place	p. 237
Universal Design Patterns and Their Use in Designing Inclusive Environments	p. 249
User Friendly Living Environmental Research and Design for Older People	p. 261
Index of Contributors	p. 273
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