Inclusive Person Centered Design
Overview
You base design decisions on first person perspectives.
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
- Does it meet the requirements for a first person account (from a person with a disability, detailed and informative, about a real-world situation/technology)
- How, if at all, do their intersecting identities (e.g., race, gender, socioeconomic status) shape their reporting? Are there any groups or identities missing and what impact might that have on your understanding of the problem?
- What insights or lessons did you learn from the account that could impact technology design?