The aim of this article is to provide those involved in Design for All with
an insight into ways in which we may influence United Kingdom (UK)
society to be more accepting of those who have impairment; and,
make new product development (NPD) more viable. This article draws
upon over 25 years’ experience working with people who have
impairments and live with disability. The context of Assistive
Technology (AT) products are defined within a user-centred, new
product development (NPD) process. The viewpoint of the user,
associated stakeholders and a wider UK society are described along
with ways in which their associated preferences may be obtained.
History
School
Design
Published in
Design For All India
Volume
7
Issue
7
Pages
182 - 205
Citation
TORRENS, G., 2012. Assistive technology product to universal design: a way forward. Design For All, 7 (7), pp. 182 - 205.
Publisher
Design for All Institute of India
Version
AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Publication date
2012
Notes
This article was published in the journal, Design for All. It is also available at: http://www.designforall.in/newsletter.html