A CPD Partner Course presented by UNSW

Work alongside people with lived experience of disability and neurodiversity to develop new assistive technologies that support belonging, esteem and self-actualisation.

The Design for Everyone: Bridging the Gap between Desirable Designs and Accessibility short course promotes lived-experience-focused co-design, encouraging participants to go beyond textbook learning and make genuine interpersonal connections that inform the end-to-end design process. You will be given the opportunity to partner and work alongside people with lived experience of disability and neurodiversity to develop assistive products and services that delight and are desired. You will take advantage of the knowledge and resources in the world-leading Creative Robotics Lab and National Facility for Human-Robot Interaction Research to co-design and develop ideas that are user-centred every step of the way.

You will engage in an ideation-to-evaluation process of design that is grounded in co-design and community-led practice.
Consideration of the individuals at the centre of your work will inform your designs to support the social factors at play in assistive technology.
This strengths-based approach to designing with (not for) people with lived experience will help translate your novel designs into desirable assistive technologies that recognise and embrace unique ways of experiencing and being in the world. 

The course will be split into 2 parts over 3 - 7 weeks, Blended delivery mode (Online & Face to Face)

As a CPD provider and Recognised Design Entity, this course will be eligible for 15 CPD DIA points.

Date: 
Course Starts Monday 31st July and runs for 3 - 7 weeks