Hi, I am Parita
A UX DESIGNER BASED IN TORONTO
Pursuing Master of Information with UX Design Major from University of Toronto 🎓
Currently interning as the UX lead at the UX Accelerator @CDHI, UofT and improving digital accessibility @Faculty of Information.
Projects
UX DESIGNER
Take My Trash
Innovathon
UX Research
UX Design
The winning entry in Asia-Europe Foundation’s fully funded international innovathon aiming to build a sustainable city. Take My Trash was an approach to solve the problem of urban city waste disposal, in the populated city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
UX RESEARCH
Smartphone Use Amongst Older Adults
Academic Research
UX Research
An attempt to gather collective data to better understand smartphone usage patterns, challenges, and psychological impact on Older Adults.
Research
Academia into practice.
So much research doesn't translate well into real world. Here's my foray into reading papers and guidelines (WCAG) on accessibility and inclusive design, and attempting to bring that genius out of academia into practice.
A browser extension tool that can assist in the building of accessible websites by performing tests on checkpoints based on existing guidelines and certain checkpoints which serve as points of inclusion.
An attempt to explore the perception of industrial practitioners and current practices for accessibility and inclusive design, based in India