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Target Users                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Journey Map








                                        Visual                                                                 Physical                                                                  Cognotive



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Physical

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Impairments










                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Difficulty opening the door                                 Difficulty reaching clothes                              Difficulty opening the tray






                 BLIND                                                                    WHEELCHAIR                                                                 MEMORY LOSS

                 Total or near-total loss of vision.                                      Improve clothes carrying issues                                            The users memory degrades                                                                Cognitive

                 Individuals with blindness may                                           Accessability to door Improve                                              over time. reducing the users                                                            impairments

                 have some or  none                                                       access to clothing                                                         ability to understand the

                 light perception                                                         Make cleanser tray easy to open                                            washing machine

                                                                                          Make door easy to open / close



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Too many buttons and settings                                       Cognitive overload                                Not knowing when the wash
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        is complete










                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Visual

                 COLOUR BLINDNESS                                                         STROKE                                                                     DEMENTIA                                                                                 impairments

                 Difficulty distinguishing between                                        Carrying clothes on their lap in                                           can cause the user to put on washing

                 certain colours or seeing                                                difficult. Some wheelchair                                                 for multiple cycles of forget that they

                 colours at all.                                                          users opt to carry their clothes                                           had already put the machine on to

                                                                                          in a bag/box. Clothes often fall                                           clean                                                                                                                                       Visibilty issues                                         Need of assistance                                  Visibility causing spillage

                                                                                          under wheels of the wheelchair


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Credit:Eoghan Fallon- Sketches
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