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Using a Design Workshop To Explore Accessible Ideation

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ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2982142.2982209

Published: 23 October 2016 Publication History

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Although a critical step in the technology design process, ideation is often not accessible for people with disabilities. We present findings from a design workshop facilitated to brainstorm accessible ideation methods. Groups, mostly engineers, ideated on a design challenge and documented access barriers encountered by participants with disabilities. They then ideated and prototyped potential solutions for decreasing access barriers. We offer suggestions for more accessible communication and ideation on a design team and insights from using a workshop as a site for rethinking ideation.

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ASSETS '16: Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2016

362 pages

ISBN:9781450341240

DOI:10.1145/2982142

General Chair:
Jinjuan Heidi Feng
Towson University, USA
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Matt Huenerfauth
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

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October 23 - 26, 2016

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