What’s New: Inclusive Design For Designers

“Solve for one, extend to many” is one of the principles adopted by Microsoft that guides their efforts to champion inclusive design. Microsoft believes that “Everyone has abilities, and limits to those abilities. Designing for people with permanent disabilities actually results in designs that benefit people universally.”

Microsoft has developed a series of resources for designers and developers that focus on the several topics on inclusive design including:

• Inclusive 101: A comprehensive introduction to the world of inclusive design. The reader will learn how to shift their design thinking toward universal solutions.

• Inclusive Activities: Activity cards and support cards are featured to inspire the reader to look through an inclusive lens.

• In Pursuit of Inclusive AI:  This primer is designed to promote an understanding on how bias affects artificial intelligence.

• Designing for Guidance: This guidance provides an opportunity to look at how to integrate inclusive design into work.

• Respecting Focus: This learning tool focuses on how to adapt designs to be considerate of interrupting customers.

Another helpful resource produced by Microsoft is The Film: Inclusive which presents a powerful message on how to design for human motivations and needs. 

To view these resources, click here.