July 19-21, 2013
Hilton Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Preconference Courses: July 18-19, 2013
Professional Members’ Forum: July 22, 2013
Digital Outcasts: Designing the Future of Health
Kel Smith is a speaker, author, and practitioner on digital accessibility and technological innovation. He is the author of Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behinda (2013), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
The term “outcast” covers numerous demographic categories. It represents 54 million Americans currently living with a disability. It refers to those living in isolation with only a home-care nurse for company.
It describes economically disenfranchised neighborhoods lacking access to the same commercial services as more privileged communities. And it covers any individual who relies on a product or service for basic life functions but is prevented access by poor design.
Digital outcasts make up an emergent culture of active, engaged participants in today’s world, cultivating a personal incubator where passion and invention sustain life. Their efforts are predicting new ways of communicating and engaging with the world around us, as well as how we manage our health. Chances are, the next gadget we buy will have some imprint of accessibility built into its specifications—and it’s the digital outcasts who are drawing the blueprints to our health-care future.
Highlights
Participants will leave this session with an understanding of:
- How people with disabilities and related conditions are innovating solutions to manage their life course, and how the technology and health-care industries are impacted by their efforts.
- Case studies in virtual reality, nutrition support, social design, robotics, cognitive computing, and pain management.
- A population who is designing the prototype of our future, despite often being left behind the innovation curve.
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