Tuesday, January 15th
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Universal Design and
Designing for Accessibility
Molly F. Story, MS
Human Spectrum Design
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Abstract: Rather than design "special"
equipment for "special" people, it is often more efficient and
cost-effective to consciously design accessibility into mainstream products. By
doing so, manufacturers can increase the size and diversity of their customer
base. Products that are designed with good attention to multiple ergonomic
issues can be easier to use, and suit the needs of the largest and most diverse
possible group of consumers, as well. This talk will present the concept of
universal design, offer a set of seven principles to follow, and show numerous
examples.
Biosketch:Molly Follette Story (Stanford MS
Product Design 1983) is President of
Human Spectrum Design, LLC and
Co-Director of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on
Accessible Medical Instrumentation.
She is also a PhD student in the Ergonomics Program in the School of Public
Health at the University of California at Berkeley. Ms. Story is an expert in
universal design of products and in the accessibility and usability of medical
instrumentation. She is co-editor of the recently published book, Medical
Instrumentation: Accessibility and Usability Considerations (CRC Press,
2007). Ms. Story coordinated development of and helped author the Principles of
Universal Design, and co-authored with James L. Mueller and the late Ronald L.
Mace the book, The Universal Design File: Designing for People of All Ages
and Abilities (North Carolina State University, 1998). Ms. Story is a
member of HFES, AAMI, RESNA, and IDSA; she is also a member of the Human
Factors Engineering Committee of AAMI, which is developing the forthcoming
ANSI/AAMI HE75 standard, Human Factors Design Guidelines for Medical
Devices.
- Contact information:
- Human Spectrum Design, LLC
- 3717 Deauville Place
- Santa Rosa, CA 95403
- 707/578-6839
- molly -at- humanspectrumdesign.com
- Lecture Material:
- Slides - 4.26 Mb pdf file
- Audio - 53:53 - 12.3 Mb mp3
file
- Principles of Universal
Design
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