Disability & Accessibility : Design Research

When designing research it is important that participant groups are representative. This means including participants with disabilities. People can have a wide variety of disabilities. You may not know that your study includes disabled participants. Be thoughtful when recruiting for and designing research studies.

Websites

Moderating Usability Testing with People with Disabilities
Gorla, E. (2022). "Moderating usability testing with people with disabilities." Tetra Logical.
The Center for Universal Design

Scholarly Articles

Involving service users in an inclusive research project
Bell, P. & A. Mortimer. (2013). "Involving service users in an inclusive research project." Learning Disability Practice, 16(4), 28-30.
It is normal to be different
Hosking, I., Waller, S. & Clarkson, J. P. (2010). " It is normal to be different: Applying inclusive design in industry." Interacting with Computers, 22(6), 496-501.
Practising Partnership: Involving People with Learning Difficulties in Research (Opens in new window)
Ward, L. & K. Simons. (2009). "Practising Partnership: Involving People with Learning Difficulties in Research." British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 26(4), 128-131.
Including everyone in research (Opens in new window)
Abell, S., Ashmore, J., Beart, S., Brownley, P., Butcher, A., Clarke, Z., Combes, H., Francis, E., Hayes, S., Hemmingham, I., Hicks, K., Ibraham, A., Kenyon, E., Lee, D., McClimens, A., Collins, M., Newton, J. & Wilson, D. (2007). "Including everyone in research: The Burton Street Research Group." British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35(2), 121-124.
More researching together (Opens in new window)
Williams, V & K. Simmons. (2005). "More researching together: the role of nondisabled researchers in working with People First members." British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33(1), 6-14.
Critical User Forums - an Effective User Research Method for Inclusive Design
Dong, H., Clarkson, J. P., Cassim, J. & S Keates. (2005). "Critical User Forums - an Effective User Research Method for Inclusive Design." The Design Journal, 8(2), 49-59.
Involving people with learning disabilities in research
Gilbert, T. (2004). "Involving people with learning disabilities in research: issues and possibilities." Health and Social Care in the Community, 12(4), 298-308
Setting up participatory research (Opens in new window)
Burke, A., McMillan, J., Cummins, L., Thompson, A., Forsyth, W., McLellan, J., Snow, L., Fraser, A., Fraser, M., Fulton, C., McCrindle, E., Gillies, L., LeFort, S., Miller, G., Whitehall, J., Wilson, J., Smith, J. & Wright, D. (2003). "Setting up participatory research: a discussion of the initial stages." British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 31(2), 65-69.