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Design for the Elderly

Summary: Problems arise when people get older, but that just means opportunities for better design to support elderly users. The very best designs will help the elderly, but also be adapted by everybody else.

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Don Norman is co-founder and Principal Emeritus of Nielsen Norman Group. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has been awarded three honorary degrees, and is the founder and director of the Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego.

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