The 'Temporary' Case That Sits Between Permanent and Situational
Microsoft's Inclusive Design framework uses hand/arm use as one of its illustrative spectrums, spanning permanent, temporary, and situational cases.
Which of the following is the framework's example of the temporary category?
The correct answer is "An arm in a cast after surgery."
The framework's temporary category, for hand/arm use, is an arm in a cast after surgery — lasting weeks to months, unlike the permanent case (a person with one arm) or the situational case (holding a baby or carrying groceries in one arm, lasting minutes and entirely context-dependent).
A person with one arm is the permanent case, not temporary. Holding a baby or carrying groceries is the situational case — brief and tied to a passing context, not a recovery period. A repetitive strain injury isn't the framework's cited hand/arm example for this category.
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