Inclusive Person Centered Design

Overview

You base design decisions on first person perspectives. This includes understanding the stakeholders, learning from t

ABET Requirement

This competency meets the ABET requirement that you demonstrate:

An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts

Best Practices

  • Seek out and learn from first-person accounts
  • Make design decisions informed by first-person data
  • Consider intersecting identities in design
  • Ensure designs address real needs, not assumptions

Assessment and Handin Process

This handin is based on the competency

Rubric for this Competency

Excellent
Excellent: You found one or more first persons account from person with a disability that are highly detailed and informative, and your reflection demonstrates your understanding of the range of identities impacted.
Competent
Competent: First person account is from a person with a disability discussing the technology with respect to their access needs but lacks detail or nuance. Analysis of the technology shows a limited understanding of the range of identities impacted.
Not Competent
Non-Competent: Account is not from a person with a disability or is an advertisement or appears scripted. Understanding of range of identities supported is not evident.

Typical Handin for this Competency

  • A link to the first person account(s)
  • A reflection answering the following questions
    • What first person account(s) did you find and does it meet the requirements for a first person account described above
    • How do their intersecting identities (e.g., race, gender, socioeconomic status) shape their experiences of disability? Are there any groups or identities missing from the accounts you found, and what impact might that have on your understanding of the problem?
    • How can your project goals address barriers that arise from multiple intersecting systems of oppression (e.g., racism, ableism, sexism)?
    • What insights or lessons did you learn from them, and how would you define your project goals based on them?
    • How would you define success for this project, and how will you determine if it has positively impacted your target users? What measures will you take to avoid reinforcing existing biases or excluding certain identities?

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