Kylee's 4 I's

Kylee's Intro Paragraph:

P1: There are 13 different disabilities, according to The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Disabilities can affect everyone differently, even those around them. Although disabilities can cause certain setbacks at any given moment, they do not hold a person back. Phoenix Assistance Dogs, or PAD, is only one of many nonprofits looking to make disabilities more manageable by providing service animals for those needing one.
P2: Service animals (specifically dogs for PAD) can provide various services, such as K9 Search Dogs, Diabetic Alert Dogs, or Seizure Dogs, among many others. PAD, although they are not focused on training for specific services, works to train dogs to provide for their owners in whatever way they desire. The need for service dogs continues to grow, but the only way that happens is if there are people to train them. If you are looking to help others around you, look to become a trainer or volunteer yourself!

Kylee's Inspirations:

My/our idea for this project is to create advertising products that will gain PAD more volunteers. Although service dogs are the main focus and need of the nonprofit, volunteers are needed to train said service dogs. My inspiration is that as a Type 1 Diabetic and service dog owner myself, I see the advantages of having a service animal. They help not only in disability-specific ways but also in others, like emotional support when the disability is winning the battle for the day. Type 1 Diabetes, for example, is never consistent and can easily change minute by minute. This can cause frustration, among other emotions, and can kill the mood of any day for something incurable. Type 1 Diabetes, unlike Type 2 Diabetes, is when the pancreas (that produces the hormone insulin) physically does not work. Insulin is needed in every body on Earth as it is what breaks down the sugar that is ingested in the body. Having my service dog, Liberty, alert to my changing sugars helps keep me healthy and makes my life a little easier when the disease may not have my full attention (which it needs). If I can create advertising or other products for companies looking to help people like me, then I will gladly help them.

Kylee's Ideations:

How do I make sense of what I have learned?: To make sense of what I have learned, I need to apply the information. Conducting interviews has given me insight into the problems that PAD has and, therefore, showed me the solutions it needs.
How do I turn my learning into an opportunity for design?: Concerning my previous answer, turning my learning into an opportunity for design means taking charge and applying what I have learned.
How will I make a prototype or actual pieces?: When referencing our assets, all of them can easily be used digitally or printed. Each of us will be making our assets using Adobe products and if needed for the project guidelines, they can be printed.
How do I know this idea will work?: This idea will work because we know of the problems that need solutions. If our designs provide a solution, we will hopefully see the designs being applied and shown to the public.

Kylee's Insights:

As a group, we need to create new ways for PAD to reach the public and gain more volunteers to train more service dogs.

Service dogs take lots of training, and with training comes food, supplies, & shelter
Depending on where a service dog comes from, expenses for travel come into play
Time & resources are needed to support not only yourself but the dog trying to help you do so

Many people have a strong view of what service dogs do, and typically, that view is wrong (may seem discriminatory) because of their lack of knowledge
When in public, the lack of knowledge of others around you plays a big part in the comfortability of you and your service dog
Providing knowledge to those around you is what is going to make the trainer, service dog recipient, and public more comfortable

Social Equity_PAD Case Study