How Might We Reduce Stigma Towards and Increase Employment Opportunities for People Living with Disabilities?
Opening questions
What kind of job do you do?
How long have you been doing this job for?
What are your interests, things you enjoy doing?
How long have you been living where you currently live?
In what ways do you engage with “other” disabled people in your day to day life?
Deeper questions
What experiences have you had with employer initiatives to tackle inequality in the workplace?
To what extent have you been involved in this personally?
What kind of issues do you think disabled people face when looking for work?
What kind of issues do you think disabled people face in the workplace?
Are there any industries would you think that people with disabilities would do well or worse?
Do you think that the tech would be a good place for disabled people to work? why and what are your experiences?
Do you have some suggestion on to how to go about improving access to employment in the tech sector or in general?
What kind of reservation would you imagine an employer to have when considering a disabled job applicant? (learning difficulties? Mobility difficulties? vision impairment?Hearing difficulties?)
Have you experienced anyone effectively combating these perceptions?
Have you seen any improvement for disabled people in recent years?
What would you hope to see in the future?
what would be the first thing you would change to reduce stigma and/or increase access to employment for disabled people?
HCD interview guide
Design challenge:
Opening questions
Deeper questions
What experiences have you had with employer initiatives to tackle inequality in the workplace?
To what extent have you been involved in this personally?
What kind of issues do you think disabled people face when looking for work?
What kind of issues do you think disabled people face in the workplace?
Are there any industries would you think that people with disabilities would do well or worse?
Do you think that the tech would be a good place for disabled people to work? why and what are your experiences?
Do you have some suggestion on to how to go about improving access to employment in the tech sector or in general?
What kind of reservation would you imagine an employer to have when considering a disabled job applicant? (learning difficulties? Mobility difficulties? vision impairment?Hearing difficulties?)
Have you experienced anyone effectively combating these perceptions?
Have you seen any improvement for disabled people in recent years?
What would you hope to see in the future?
what would be the first thing you would change to reduce stigma and/or increase access to employment for disabled people?