Reverse Inclusion

A design approach that begins with the lived experience and needs of a person with a disability and then expands the design outward to include broader social circles and communities. Reverse inclusion inverts the typical inclusive design process, which starts from neurotypical or non-disabled norms and attempts to adapt them for disabled users. By centering the disabled person's experience first, reverse inclusion aims to create technologies and environments that authentically reflect how people with disabilities — particularly those with intellectual disabilities — engage with the world, rather than asking them to conform to existing designs.