Design greatly impacts people’s lives, all lives. The design is a way in which we can feel included in the world, but it is also a way by which we can uphold a person’s dignity and their human rights. Design can also inflict vulnerability on a group whose needs aren’t considered. Ultimately, being a good designer for inclusivity should be the same as just being a good designer. We need to reframe designing for disability to mean designing for anyone excluded from design. This means that everyone should benefit from inclusive design. This perspective can help us to reduce the trend of other people who do not conform to our perspective of societal norms and reminds us that it is no longer about “them” and “us”, but about “all of us.” Systems designed inclusively work better for everyone.

Disability is often defined as “a condition that limits a person’s movements, senses or activities,” In this sense, we should try to avoid otherizing and labeling people with differing abilities to ourselves as “disabled,” and only consider how we can ensure that our designs cater for the wider spectrum of human ability. In the article named “When we design for disability, we all benefit.” Roy invokes an anecdote from early in her design career. While studying for her master’s in social design, she became interested in woodworking. She discovered that her peers would know when a tool would backfire because it would make a unique sound just beforehand. Roy, of course, couldn’t hear the auditory warning. As a result, she designed the Pitch Alert Safety Glasses that could respond to changes in pitch, translating the aural cue into a visual signal.