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more talks about inclusive design and sometimes there is a little bit of
confusion about what it actually is and where to start.
I am going to use today as a way to inspire, look into this kind of
way of thinking. I am going to bring us back to the basics, because I
really truly believe that having a really good foundation of knowledge will
get you really far. I am going to talk about what inclusive design is, how
to practice it, and what are the actual benefits of doing so?
What the heck is inclusive design? When we talk about what we do,
we use the definition of inclusive design is design that considers the full
range of human diversity with respect to ability, language, culture,
gender, age and all other forms of human difference. It is a mouthful, I
am out of breath. I want to break it down a little bit.
In Australia, what diversity and inclusion are often used
interchangeable. They are fundamentally different, though. When we talk
about diversity, we talk about numbers, or a presentation. We talk about
presence of people from different backgrounds, cultures, languages and a
lot of human - forms of human diversity. Inclusive design is the process
of making sure that those people feel valued, respected and seen. It's
making sure they feel like they belong and when we practice inclusive
design, we achieve equity and here we say equity and not equality
because when we talk about equality we believe everyone is equal, which
is just not true. Equity is really the idea that everyone is going to interact
with your design, your product or your service in a different way and it's
up to us designers to design the multitude of pathways for them to use.
For example, it is not enough to make your web site accessible, you
actually need to test it to make it useable for everyone, no matter what.
How do we do that, how do we design for everyone? Imagine this is
a representation of community and their needs and experiences, let's say
in Australia. In human-centred design we are so used to using personas,