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Target user



               Universal Design









                     BLIND                                                 WHEELCHAIR                                             ALZHIEMERS
                     Total or near-total loss of vision.                   Carrying clothes on their lap is                       The users memory degrades over
                     Individuals with blindness may have                                                                          time, reducing the users ability to
                     some or none light perception                         to carry their clothes in a bag/box.                   understand the washing machine
                                                                           Clothes often fall under wheels of
                                                                           the wheelchair









                     COLOUR BLINDNESS                                       STROKE                                               DEMENTIA
                                                                            Improve clothes carrying issues.                     Dementia can cause the user to put
                     certain colors or seeing colors at all.                Accessability to door. Improve                       on washing for multiple cycles of
                                                                            access to clothing. Make cleanser                    forget that they had already put the
                                                                            tray easy to use                                     machine on to clean

              Research





                                                                                                              People with cognative
                                                                                                              machine interfaces complex
                                                                                                              and overwhelming and lead
                                                    Tray powder compartment                                   to confusion
                                                    users with memory loss,
                                                    visual impaiment and autism.
                                                                                                              Too many setting on dial can
                                                                                                              lead to confusion or pressing
                                                                                                              the incorrect setting.
                                                     No accessibility option for
                                                     visually imapired users, such
                                                     as braille.
                                                                                                              No option for visually
                                                                                                              impaired users such as audio
                                                                                                              description or braile
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