New for April 2011, the inclusive design toolkit has been completely redeveloped, and is no longer deeply hierarchical. Please see Accessibility features for detailed screen reader navigation instructions.
Toolkit home
Welcome to the inclusive design toolkit, which aims to answer three critical questions:
Products that are more inclusive can reach a wider market, improve customer satisfaction and drive business success, especially given the ageing population.
Getting started involves understanding what is different about an inclusive design process and then working out what changes are needed to actually do it.
Further toolkit sections contain supplementary knowledge and tools for inclusive design.
Contains additional tools to assist inclusive design, including a Vision and Hearing Impairment Simulator, Cambridge Simulation Gloves and Glasses, and an Exclusion calculator.
Understanding the variation of user abilities within the target market should inform business design decisions.
Toolkit highlights
This video showcases the Cambridge Simulation Gloves and Glasses, which are available for sale within Inclusive design tools. Also see the corresponding press release.
1. What is inclusive design?
2. Why do inclusive design?
3. How to get started?
Inclusive design tools
User capabilities