Adapt the steps that make using the machine difficult: recognizing controls, confirming status, measuring detergent, or handling laundry. Support should respond to the person and the appliance without modifying safety features.
Identify the controls you need
With the user, agree on which functions they use and how they prefer to recognize them. The RNIB describes tactile, high-contrast, braille, and audio labels as ways to identify objects. Applied to a washing machine, they should be placed on permitted surfaces without covering warnings, slots, or controls.
A tactile mark on a selector needs a reliable reference point. On panels that change function, confirm how the actual status is identified; a fixed mark does not by itself describe the display.
Make the steps verifiable
- Prepare accessible instructions for cycle, start, and pause.
- Check for audible signals, contrast, or spoken information when available and useful.
- Organize products in consistent positions with clear identification, keeping the original containers.
- Use the correct measure or a properly configured auto-dosing system, without transferring chemicals into indistinguishable containers.
Reduce effort when moving laundry
Divide the carrying load according to the person's abilities and then check the compatible wash load. It does not mean filling the drum to the maximum or removing a heavy wet item all at once.
Reversible aids must not alter latches, locks or installation. If the height or physical access prevents safe use, request an assessment of placement and supports. Do not assume that a remote app is accessible or that it replaces checking the door, load, and end of cycle.
Check with the user whether each support helps identify the function and confirm its status, without relying on an assumption about the panel.