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The takeaway challenges the common practice of designing for oneself and adding accommodations later. Instead, the principle is to start with the assumption that people experience the same thing differently — whether designing software, workshops, or meetings — and build from that foundation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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