Method Cards for Designing for Situational Impairment
This addresses a gap in accessible technology design for situational impairments, impacting both disabled and 'ideal' users, but it is incremental as it builds on existing research with a new tool.
The paper tackles the lack of awareness in designing for Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities (SIIDs) by creating method cards to guide designers, aiming to improve the design process and reduce SIIDs.
Despite significant research that was influenced by Situationally-Induced Impairments and Disabilities (SIIDs) to improve the accessibility of mobile technology, there is still lack of awareness on how to design for SIIDs. Designing for situational impairments does not only affect usability for people who have temporary or long-term disabilities, but also for the "ideal" users who get impacted. Limited resources on how to design for situational impairments overlook inclusive interactions and hinder the creation of accessible technology. Thus, I am going to create method cards that can be used during the design process to figure out how to get designers to design for SIIDs. These method cards help us better understand how to improve the design process by addressing the subject of how to design in order to reduce SIIDs.