| 1 | Lecture | Course introduction (case study of previous projects) | |
| 2 | Lab | Communicating with (and about) people with disabilities | Clients invited to discuss communication / etiquette |
| 3 | Lecture | AT user sharing (Steve Saling and Jack Geilfuss, Leonard Florence Center / ALS Residence Initiative) | |
| 4 | Lab | AT showcase (low-tech to high-tech) | Clients invited to come and showcase their AT |
| 5 | Lecture | Ethnographic techniques (Lynde Lutzow, RISD / MassArt) | |
| 6 | Lab | Contextual inquiry (Prof Rob Miller) and client matching | Fill out matches |
| 7 | Lecture | Client / mentor announcements | Team Formation & Project Matching, set up first meeting with client |
| 8 | Lab | Project documentation using photos & film, client confidentiality | |
| 9 | Lecture | Ethics (Prof Rob Miller) | |
| 10 | Lab | Lab check in 1: Planning for client meeting with mentor: do background research on disability; discuss confidentiality, video documentation; discuss team roles; prepare questions and plan for contextual inquiry | |
| 11 | Lecture | Responding to changing needs (Don Fredette, The Boston Home) | Client meeting 1: Understand challenge, contextual inquiry |
| 12 | Lab | Wheelchair Lab | |
| 13 | Lecture | Discussion of Wheelchair Lab | |
| 14 | Lab | Lab check in 2: Present client challenges, results of contextual inquiry to each other | |
| 15 | Lecture | How OTs / PTs think (Kevin Berner, Easter Seals / BU) | Client meeting 2: Discuss solutions to challenge, more contextual inquiry, present some prototypes / sketches and discuss feasibility |
| 16 | Lab | No Session | |
| 17 | Lecture | Health consideration in assistive technology (Grace Teo) | |
| 18 | Lab | Lab check-in 3: Come up with prototypes / sketches, confirm project focus, decide if any trainings are required | |
| 19 | Lecture | Panel: MIT students with disabilities | Client meeting 3: Present project focus, present concept for prototype 1, define success metrics together |
| 20 | Lab | Team-specific training: Hobby Shop, iOS training, Danger!Awesome | |
| 21 | Lecture | Panel: Adaptive sports and assistive technology | |
| 22 | Lab | Lab check-in 4: Defining success metrics | |
| 23 | Lecture | No Session | Client meeting 4: Test prototype 1 with client, evaluate according to success metrics, refine success metrics and / or prototype 1 |
| 24 | Lab | No Session |
| 25 | Lecture | Assistive Technology Economics (William Li) | |
| 26 | Lab | Lab check-in 5: Discuss results of prototype testing | |
| 27 | Lecture | IBM and Accessibility (Frances West, IBM Chief Accessibility Officer) | Clients invited to mid-semester panels |
| 28 | Lab | Mid-semester Panels | |
| 29 | Lecture | No Session | Work on Presentations |
| 30 | Lab | Mid-semester Panels | |
| 31 | Lecture | Electronic Device Access Lab 1 | Client meeting 5: Share feedback from class with client, refine prototype 1 |
| 32 | Lab | Electronic Device Access Lab 2 (hardware & software) | |
| 33 | Lecture | Electronic Device Access Lab 3 | |
| 34 | Lab | Lab check-in 6: Experiment-driven design | |
| 35 | Lecture | Assistive technology design & identity (Prof Sara Hendren) | Client meeting 6: Test prototype 2, evaluate according to success metrics |
| 36 | Lab | Leveraged Freedom Chair (Prof Amos Winter) | |
| 37 | Lecture | Panel: Invisible disability | |
| 38 | Lab | Lab check-in 7: Documentation plan | |
| 39 | Lecture | No Session | Client meeting 7: Refine prototype 2 |
| 40 | Lab | No Session | |
| 41 | Lecture | Building hackability into medical technology | |
| 42 | Lab | Lab check-in 8: Cypress Engineering Studio orientation and demos of prototype | |
| 43 | Lecture | Panel: Assistive technology and the law | Client meeting 8: Deliver 3rd and final prototype |
| 44 | Lab | Panel: The business of assistive technology | |
| 45 | Lecture | Panel: Social innovators in disability | |
| 46 | Lab | Lab check-in 9: Demo of final prototype | |
| 47 | Lecture | Panel: Wearable technology in health and disability | Client meeting 9: Final feedback from client |
| 48 | Lab | Work on final presentation / deliverable | |
| 49 | Lecture | Aesthetics in assistive technology (Grace Teo) | |
| 50 | Lab | Lab check-in 10: Discuss final feedback & continuation of projects after semester, work on final presentations / press release / instructables | |
| 51 | Lecture | No Session | Clients invited to final-semester panels |
| 52 | Lab | No Session | |
| 53 | Lecture | End-of-semester Presentations | |
| 54 | Lab | End-of-semester Presentations (cont.) | |
| 55 | Lecture | No Session | |
| 56 | Lab | No Session | |
| 57 | Lecture | Follow up opportunities (William Li) | |
| 58 | Lab | Public showcase | |
