Class Reflection number 4!

Last week, our discussion was about Accessibility, which I believe is one of the crucial concepts when trying to design a product. Most importantly, design is made so that any person can use something, such as making a sidewalk ramp for a disabled individual. Eventually, all people will be older and won't have the same functionality like we do now at our relatively younger age. That is why we should all be concerned about how things are designed because I know when I'm older I want to be able to use most things that a regular person does. Design is evolving every single day because of accessibility, that is why it's SO IMPORTANT!! Aside from importance, I found the statistics of people with disabilities to be so shocking. 19% of the population has a restraint on how they live and need special attention when it comes to using public facilities. This statistic will continue to grow as people get older every day so it is very important we don't fail to accommodate people with such issues. This lecture taught me a lesson in what was important because most people use things and take it for granted, thinking most people use things all the same way, which is far from true.