Designing, Making, and Validating Accessible Products and Services: An Updated Account of Users’ Perspectives

Blanca Arias-Badia, Joan Josep Bestard-Bou, Irene Hermosa-Ramírez

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Participatory accessibility, i.e., the involvement of users in the design, making, and validation of accessible products and services, has been encouraged under the premise that it would ultimately prove beneficial both in terms of usability and user satisfaction. This article examines the role of users and Disabled People Organisations (DPOs) in the design and validation of access services by providing the results of four in-depth interviews with representatives of non-profit organisations active in Catalonia. The main topics covered in the interviews include users’ views on design, production, and validation processes, the training and professionalisation of user consultants and validators, and users’ input on standards. The results show that users are mainly involved in validation actions today. They are only rarely considered in early stages of the production chain. DPOs see the occasional exceptions to this trend as a positive indicator that processes may change in the near future. They demand the true integration of persons with disabilities in all the links in the production chain and, crucially, in management positions, as the only way to effectively cater for users’ needs.
Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)57-75
PublicaciónJournal of Audiovisual Translation
Volumen5
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 21 dic 2022

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