'Inclusive Designing' presents the proceedings of the seventh Cambridge Workshop on Universal
Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT '14). It represents a unique multi-disciplinary
workshop for the Inclusive Design Research community where designers computer scientists
engineers architects ergonomists policymakers and user communities can exchange ideas. The
research presented at CWUAAT '14 develops methods technologies tools and guidance that
support product designers and architects to design for the widest possible population for a
given range of capabilities within a contemporary social and economic context. In the context
of developing demographic changes leading to greater numbers of older people and people with
disabilities the general field of Inclusive Design Research strives to relate the capabilities
of the population to the design of products. Inclusive populations of older people contain a
greater variation in sensory cognitive and physical user capabilities. These variations may be
co-occurring and rapidly changing leading to a demanding design environment. Recent research
developments have addressed these issues in the context of: governance and policy daily living
activities the workplace the built environment Interactive Digital TV and Mobile
communications. Increasingly a need has been identified for a multidisciplinary approach that
reconciles the diverse and sometimes conflicting demands of Design for Ageing and Impairment
Usability and Accessibility and Universal Access. CWUAAT provides a platform for such a need.
This book is intended for researchers postgraduates design practitioners clinical
practitioners and design teachers.
