The Understood Blog

Understood.org's new homepage aims to elevate user experience by increasing accessibility and ease of navigation.

Understood.org challenged students to design a game that is fun, playable by everyone, and helps players experience what it feels like to learn and think differently.

At Understood, where our mission is about helping shape a better world for the 1 in 5 people with learning and thinking differences, it’s both the big and small moments that illustrate where and how we have developed greater awareness and created real impact.

Remote learning has created considerable challenges for all of us over the past eighteen months.

As children around the country return to school, the new “Back to School Study” by Understood and UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., finds that teachers and parents predict increased academic, mental health, and social and emotional challenges for learning.

With the return to the classroom, let’s meet students where they are.

July 26th marks the anniversary of a milestone that allows many of us to thrive.

As Understood employees return to the office in New York City, the team will reunite in a new headquarters and workspace that was designed with accessibility as the top priority.

The Bazaar is a family-owned closeout reseller in the Chicago area that’s been in business since 1960.

Summer is here, vaccines are widely available in the U.S., and remote employees are trickling back to the office. For many, life feels like it’s getting back to normal.

When it comes to pandemic schooling, kids who learn and think differently are struggling.

When a company wants to drive revenue through compelling digital experiences, they’ll often use design thinking — a philosophy that centers the needs of the user. Talking to users to uncover and solve their problems is a best-practice way to build products that people will consume.