Using a Design Workshop To Explore Accessible Ideation
Cynthia L. Bennett, Kristen Shinohara, Brianna Blaser, Andrew R. Davidson, Katherine M. Steele · 2016
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.