Sharing methods for involving people with impairments in design: Exploring the method story approach

© 2016 Authors. The concept of method stories was proposed as an approach to document how design research methods are made to work in practice. Sharing the creation process of methods is especially valuable when working with people with impairments, as participation (on equal footing) is often challenged by the impairment. In addition, it is necessary to continuously adapt the design approach to the setting and characteristics of individual participants. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and designers who have involved people with cognitive or sensory impairments in design and to explore how the creation and adaptation process of their methods could be documented and shared through method stories.