user-research-inclusive-testing

name	user-research-inclusive-testing
description	Use when planning or reviewing user research, usability testing, recruitment, or validation to ensure disabled users and diverse contexts are meaningfully included.

User Research & Inclusive Testing

Use this skill when shaping research and testing practice. Focus on whether the team is learning from the people most affected by accessibility and inclusion decisions.

Review Research Inclusion

• Check whether disabled participants and diverse contexts are represented
• Identify recruitment, compensation, or logistics barriers that may exclude participants
• Review scripts, prototypes, and moderation methods for accessibility
• Consider remote, assisted, and asynchronous participation options where helpful

Improve Practice

• Involve participants with relevant lived experience early and repeatedly
• Make consent, scheduling, materials, and communication accessible
• Avoid treating disabled users as edge cases or last-stage validation only
• Translate findings into concrete product decisions and accountability

Output

• Highlight gaps in participant inclusion or accessible research practice
• Recommend specific improvements to recruitment, facilitation, and synthesis
• Prioritize changes that improve the validity and equity of product decisions