Monday, March 25, 2019

Designing for Disabilities


The STEAM program began its third year with over 300 students enrolled in the seven different
courses, all taught in the new Design Lab. The third level class, Advanced Topics Entrepreneurship,
taught for the first time this year, teaches students the skills and mindsets of entrepreneurs.
This year students are examining the problem space of adaptive design, a huge market segment
that many companies are just now considering. The class visited our partner The Sunshine Home
in Ossining, NY, on October 17th and spent the day observing, interviewing and talking with
students and teachers. Students are now identifying the problems they saw and will move
through the design process in teams, ultimately creating business models for sustainable
solutions as well as delivering viable solutions to their clients at The Sunshine Home. In
preparation for the trip, Entrepreneurship students attended the No Barriers Summit in
New York City aboard the Intrepid Museum, where they had the chance to engage in
diverse activities with people with disabilities. Experts in the field, including Matthew
Shapiro of Six Wheels Consulting, Dr. Peter Faustino, one of the SHS psychologists and a
Scarsdale student with a disability also spoke with our students in preparation for their visit to
Sunshine. Students are excited and engaged in the process and will present their results at an
open pitch night at the end of the year.

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