Course reflection 4

This past week we talked about designing for accessibility. What I found the most interesting was that not long ago there were designs that did not incorporate everyone who would use it. An example of this would be cooking utensils or tools. Something as simple as making something exclusively right handed can impact multiple groups of people. This is where the concept of universal design takes place. Gabe explained to us, and I agree, that in order to design for the future we would need to design for everyone. After the lecture we watched a video about a new kind of wheelchair, designed by Dean Kamen (I believe). Personally, I think it's a great idea but it would cost a lot of money that I am almost positive most people do not have

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