Design for All versus Specific Needs. Healthcare from the User’s Perspective

Abstract

This study aims to find out how Design for All can be applied in healthcare environments. To achieve this, key concepts related to Design for All have been extracted from mostly primary sources, to subsequently categorize the most relevant specific needs of users and exemplify these categories with different design projects.  Finally, some consultation sheets have been created so that designers can verify some basic aspects to make their projects Design for All. In short, it is intended to provide design professionals with a simple consultation tool to make their projects more inclusive, taking into account the great diversity of users.