Personalized Resource Finder for People with Disability

Personalized Resource Finder for People with Disability

A quiz that brings tailored resources to users on a silver-platter

Mobile

Form Design

Government

Stakeholder Validation

My Role:

  • Product Design

  • User Testing Facilitator

Tools:

  • Figma

Timeline:

Nov 2024 - 5 Days Sprint

Overview

Background

This is the intern project of my current work place NJOOI, and I am part of the Disability Information Hub Team. The Disability Information Hub is a website, that offers a central source of information for individuals with disabilities as well as their families and caregivers.

Project Challenges

  • For my internship stretch project, I have to pick my own project topic

  • No time and budget for me to do research with real users

  • Shippping isn’t a requirement, but is a plus

Past Research Insights

Since there is no budget and time for me to do research with real users, so…

I asked my team for past research records. I knew my team had conducted user interviews, and as I read through the interview notes, I noticed 2 patterns

People in the disability has diverse backgrounds, they don’t just fit in one category

“There needs to be a crossover for services. Someone who has multiple disabilities may need services from several entities, such as an individual with autism and mental illness. Information on services could come from several places and services to support me as a caregiver could come from yet another place.”

Research Interviewee 1

We don’t offer a place to start for people who are new to the disability space

“Sometimes I don't know what I need, I don't understand my child's rights or what they might need. I don't know where to start looking since the Hub offers so many things.”

Research Interviewee 2

Our website currently has a feedback collector widget, so I read through the user comments carefully to find common themes and sentiments. And I realized…

Many users still ask for things that are already on the website.

“You [The Hub] should display some mental health providers .”

“My sister need an ASL interpreter, but I don’t see this service on the Hub.”

Sample comments found in the feedback widget - the things users asked are existing serviced in the Disability Information Hub.

Problem Space

How might we bring the resources to the users on a silver platter?

Users want to:

  • Quickly & accurately find resources for their needs

  • Get service from multiple entities at once to address user’s multifaceted background

  • Get started in the disability space

  • Get more ways to access information

These research & insights led me find my intern project topic: designing a mini quiz that lets users to answer some questions and quickly find services or information tailored to their specific needs.

Competitive Analysis

Key Design Must Have's:

  • Consider user’s multifaceted backgrounds

  • Users are able to navigate back and forth in the quiz

  • Allows users to modify answers

  • Users are able to share result page

Exploring - Quiz Result Page

Exploring - Quiz Result Page

  1. I started by trying out clickable cards, but I realized cards might not be the best option if we were to scale up and embed more resources in the future. It is also hard to distinguish between types of resources.  

  2. I also noticed accordions are a common pattern amongst competitors, but to me - accordions are hiding important information. 

  3. Lists might be the best for accessibility, a lot of our users use screen readers. So I did more deep dives on the list approach. 

Post-stakeholder Feedback Iterations

Post-stakeholder Feedback Iterations

Provide more ways to access one information

Linking the associated Hub page under each type of resources will provide users with more routes to access information.

💡User insight recall:

Linking the associated Hub page under each type of resources will provide users with more routes to access information.

Before

Iterated

Adding more user context as answer choices

Before

Iterated

“What if a caregiver is looking for resources for themselves? How would you generate the resources?”

💡User insight recall:

Users in the disability space often belongs to more than one “persona categories”

Post - Product Designer Feedback Iterations

In Page Nav Iterations

“The downward icon looks like a download option at first...”

💡Anchor Menu Best Practice:

Each menu links should still adhere to link design best-practices, like underlining and being clear about the destination.

Before

Iterated

Scannability & Maintenance

Before

Final Prototype

After

“What are some exploration you can do to make this page more scannable?”

💡Consider website maintenance:

Linking directly to the PDF can be hard to maintain, when possible, we should link it to the web page that hosts the resources.

Final Prototype

Impact

What I Contributed:

  • Informed more page redesign templates

  • Designed a new In-page Nav component for my organization’s design system

  • Handed-off to engineer & implementation in-progress

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