Inclusive design helps companies increase revenue, reduce costs, improve resilience, and build trust. An effective business case speaks to all four of these benefit categories but emphasizes the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Some six months later, earlier this month I connected with Starbucks’ head ...

In everyday life, we’re surrounded by items and facilities that people have designed for us. While many of these things and places are suitable for able-bodied, neurotypical people, others may not ...

Designing for the full range of human diversity, including people with disabilities, makes products that work better for everyone. This new episode of Explanimators breaks down the basics of inclusive ...

For 40 years, UB’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access has been leading global efforts to create a safe, inclusive and empowering world for all. Its founder and director, Edward ...

Nice people are nice enough. But those who exhibit true kindness scratch at something deeper. Small talk (in small doses) is perfectly fine, but big talk builds real connections. There’s a palpable ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Inclusive design is one of those things that you know when you see, or sense when you don’t. Perhaps it’s more apparent in environmental ...

The world’s biggest social challenges are reflected in the way we design our spaces. Privatization of public space, lack of affordable housing, dark design and spatial segregation are just some of the ...

Rory A. Cooper is the founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a joint center of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He is a VA ...