Introduction to Accessible Design

Introduction to
Accessible Design

Permanent, Temporary,
and Situational Impairments
Understanding the Current State of
Play
Developing Core Problem 
Areas and Solutions

Permanent, Temporary,
and Situational Impairments

Permanent temporary situational

Blind Cataract Distracted driver
Deaf Ear infection Bartender
Permanent temporary situational

Visual Relating to blindness,visual impairment, andcolour blindness
Cognitive Relating to issues of
memory, ﬂuidintelligence, attention andemotiveness
Physical Relating to ﬁne-grainedand gross motor skills
Communication Relating to issues ofhearing, of talking, ofreading, and of
expression
Emotional Relating to issues ofanger and despair
IntersectionalRelating to all issues andwhere they intersect
Permanent
Temporary
Situational
Try to think of
problems that
are related to
the following

Note
There is no wrong answers!
Eating a pot
noodle while
using your
phone
Juggling whiletexting
Defending the
realm against
dragons

Visual 
Relating to blindness,
visual impairment, and
colour blindness
Cognitive 
Relating to issues of
memory, ﬂuid
intelligence, attention and
emotiveness
Physical 
Relating to ﬁne-grained
and gross motor skills
Communication 
hearing, of talking, of
reading, and of
expression
Emotional 
anger and despair
Intersectional
Relating to all issues and
where they intersect
Permanent
Temporary
Situational
Try to think of
problems that
are related to
the following

Understanding the
Current State of Play

What do you know
Where did you learn
How do you deal with
What do you not know
What do you need
How important is this?

Visual Relating to blindness,visual impairment, andcolour blindness
Cognitive Relating to issues of
memory, ﬂuidintelligence, attention andemotiveness
Physical Relating to ﬁne-grainedand gross motor skills
Communication Relating to issues ofhearing, of talking, ofreading, and of
expression
Emotional Relating to issues ofanger and despair
IntersectionalRelating to all issues andwhere they intersectWhat do
you know
Where did
you learn
How do
you deal
with
What do
you not
know
What do
you need
Importance
It’s ok to leave
blanks (but try
not to have
too many)

fill this in individually but
speak to people around you
to see what their opinions
are

Developing Core Problem 
Areas and Solutions

some solutions already exist
some things are still unsolved

Pick things that
3
everyone
does
no-one
does
some people
do

Talk through
your post-it
notes and
attach them
to the graph

easy to do difficult to do
important not important
Would you be able to do implement this
tomorrow? How much time and effort
would it take?
Is this a necessary thing? Compared to
everything else in your list what is most
important?

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