Inclusive Design for Disability Tech

Remarkable and Soda

Overview

Designing and presenting a learning programme on inclusive and accessible design for a global accelerator supporting disability tech start-ups.

My contribution
  • Content development
  • Learning design
  • Online learning presenter
Team
  • Soda
  • Remarkable
Year
2023
Animated graphic about inclusive design for disability tech start-ups

The Challenge

Disability tech entrepreneurs are building products for disabled people but without a grounding in inclusive design, even well-intentioned solutions can miss the mark. Remarkable needed a practical, repeatable learning programme that would give their cohorts the tools to design products that actually work for the people they're intended for.

What I brought

Working with Remarkable's team, I developed digital learning materials on inclusive and accessible design for entrepreneurs, designers and innovators across their accelerator programme. I was also the lead presenter for the online course material that was hosted on Teachable.

The materials were developed through a process of user testing and iteration with disabled people, ensuring the content was grounded in real experience. The programme is now iterated yearly as the accelerator evolves.

What changed

  • 39 inclusive prototypes developed using the design training I presented
  • 9/10 average participant rating across training modules
  • 14 pitches delivered with disabled users involved directly in solution development
Three people building a prototype together at a design-a-thon

"We have now shaped our solutions considering a broad cross section of human perspectives, abilities, and backgrounds enabling us to create products where everyone is included."

Jon KayDisability Tech Founder, Remarkable Design-a-thon