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Designing for Alternative Cognitive Styles and Learning Disabilities

13 Apr 2020

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20min.

Most products are not accessible to everyone. People with non-typical cognition and learning styles, design + technology can help even the playing field and combats negative stereotypes.

Design’s primary function is to make something useful. Unfortunately, most products are not accessible to everyone. For adults and children with non-typical cognition and learning styles, technology can help even the playing field, combats negative stereotypes, and take into account their deficits while capitalizing on their cognitive strengths.

We will look at design solutions targeting specific conditions like ADHD, Dyslexia, and Autism — and the core problems technology is trying to solve. We’ll then widen the lens to compare how many of our most commonly used devices and apps use the same tactics to achieve universal accessibility for all without even trying.

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