Design for All – Users

Pilot study and requirement specifications for an external memory aid.

The study is one of three in the project, "Design for All — Users", a collaborative project of the Swedish Handicap Institute and the Swedish Association of Persons with Neurological Disabilities.

The present study analyzes use of, and satisfaction with, external memory aids among individuals with impaired cognitive function and establishes specifications that mobile phones equipped with calendar functions must fullfill if they are to be adequate external memory aids.

The study comprises one of three studies in Design for All -- Users, a project carried out in collaboration between the Swedish Handicap Institute
and the Swedish Association of Persons with Neurological Disabilities.

The overall purpose of the Design for All project is to encourage the manufacture of products that meet the requirements of larger groups of users so hat as many people as possible will be able to use them.

Swedish title: Design för alla - Brukare

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