Project Goal 

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The goal of the project ’Designing for specific users’ is to design a product for a user with a disability. In this case, the participant has a form of cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a disability caused by a developmental defect during the early stages of life that affect the motor cortex of the brain. There are many types and therefore cerebral palsy affects people in different ways and to different extents. In this specific case, the participant has certain issues. These issues include difficulty with speech and uncontrollable spasms, which are mainly in the arms.

 

The participant uses assistive technology, such as an electric wheelchair. The project challenge in this specific case is to design a product that will aid the participant when giving public speeches, such that he is more understandable to the public and that his face, in particular his mouth, is not covered by his arms and hands. It is important to use co-design when designing products for specific users. Co-designing a product is to design a product while working closely together with the user. Co-design is a core element of this project and has many advantages. All further information on the disability and co-design is discussed in this website that is based on our particular participant.