Introduction to
Accessible Design
Permanent, Temporary,
and Situational Impairments
Understanding the Current State of
Play
Developing Core Problem

Areas and Solutions
Permanent, Temporary,
and Situational Impairments
Permanent temporary situational
Blind Cataract Distracted driver
Deaf Ear infection Bartender
Permanent temporary situational
Visual
Relating to blindness,visual impairment, andcolour blindness
Cognitive
Relating to issues of
memory, fluidintelligence, attention andemotiveness
Physical
Relating to fine-grainedand gross motor skills
Communication
Relating to issues ofhearing, of talking, ofreading, and of
expression
Emotional
Relating to issues ofanger and despair
IntersectionalRelating to all issues andwhere they intersect
Permanent
Temporary
Situational
Try to think of
problems that
are related to
the following
Visual
Cognitive
Physical
Communication
Emotional
Socio-Economic
Intersectional
Note
There is no wrong answers!
Eating a pot
noodle while
using your
phone
Juggling whiletexting
Defending the
realm against
dragons
Visual

Relating to blindness,
visual impairment, and
colour blindness
Cognitive

Relating to issues of
memory, fluid
intelligence, attention and
emotiveness
Physical

Relating to fine-grained
and gross motor skills
Communication

Relating to issues of
hearing, of talking, of
reading, and of
expression
Emotional

Relating to issues of
anger and despair
Intersectional
Relating to all issues and
where they intersect
Permanent
Temporary
Situational
Try to think of
problems that
are related to
the following
Understanding the
Current State of Play
What do you know
Where did you learn
How do you deal with
What do you not know
What do you need
How important is this?
Visual
Relating to blindness,visual impairment, andcolour blindness
Cognitive
Relating to issues of
memory, fluidintelligence, attention andemotiveness
Physical
Relating to fine-grainedand gross motor skills
Communication
Relating to issues ofhearing, of talking, ofreading, and of
expression
Emotional
Relating to issues ofanger and despair
IntersectionalRelating to all issues andwhere they intersectWhat do
you know
Where did
you learn
How do
you deal
with
What do
you not
know
What do
you need
Importance
It’s ok to leave
blanks (but try
not to have
too many)
fill this in individually but
speak to people around you
to see what their opinions
are
Visual
Relating to blindness,visual impairment, andcolour blindness
Cognitive
Relating to issues of
memory, fluidintelligence, attention andemotiveness
Physical
Relating to fine-grainedand gross motor skills
Communication
Relating to issues ofhearing, of talking, ofreading, and of
expression
Emotional
Relating to issues ofanger and despair
IntersectionalRelating to all issues andwhere they intersectWhat do
you know
Where did
you learn
How do
you deal
with
What do
you not
know
What do
you need
Importance
It’s ok to leave
blanks (but try
not to have
too many)
Developing Core Problem

Areas and Solutions
some solutions already exist
some things are still unsolved
Pick things that
3
everyone
does
no-one
does
some people
do
Talk through
your post-it
notes and
attach them
to the graph
easy to do difficult to do
important not important
Would you be able to do implement this
tomorrow? How much time and effort
would it take?
Is this a necessary thing? Compared to
everything else in your list what is most
important?
Talk through
your post-it
notes and
attach them
to the graph
time to
wrap-up