Showing posts with label diversity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diversity. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Diversity vs disability

The difference

Book by Scott Page
http://vserver1.cscs.lsa.umich.edu/~spage/thedifference.html

"Inclusive design teams should be as diverse as possible and include individuals who have a lived experience of the “extreme users” (as coined by Rich Donovan) the designs are intended for."
Rich Donovan

The disability market

Inclusive tools and reflections:
http://returnondisability.com/disability-market/

The problem with the universal design term

Article by Idrc

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Intel invests in diversity!

"Intel said it has established a $300 million fund to be used in the next three years to improve the diversity of the company’s work force, attract more women and minorities to the technology field and make the industry more hospitable to them once they get there. The money will be used to fund engineering scholarships and to support historically black colleges and universities."

Read more at: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/technology/intel-budgets-300-million-for-diversity.html?_r=1