Cognitive and learning difficulties and how they affect access to IT systems

Keates, Simeon; Adams, Ray; Bodine, Cathy; Czaja, Sara; Gordon, Wayne; Gregor, Peter; Hacker, Emily; Hanson, Vicki; Kemp, John; Laff, Mark; Lewis, Clayton; Pieper, Michael; Richards, John; Rose, David; Savidis, Anthony; Schultz, Greg; Snayd, Paul; Trewin, Shari; Varker, Philip

Abstract

In October 2005, the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center and T.J. Watson Research Center hosted a symposium on "cognitive and learning difficulties and how they affect access to IT systems." The central premise of the symposium was the recognition that cognitive and learning difficulties have a profound impact on a person's ability to interact with information technology (IT) systems, but that little support is currently being offered by those systems. By bringing together internationally renowned experts from a variety of different, but complementary, research fields, the symposium aimed to provide a complete overview of the issues related to this topic. This paper summarises the discussions and findings of the symposium.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 22, 2007
• Online Publication Date: Feb 22, 2007
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2007
• Deposit Date: Jan 31, 2019
• Journal: Universal Access in the Information Society
• Print ISSN: 1615-5289
• Electronic ISSN: 1615-5297
• Publisher: BMC
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 329-339
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-006-0058-4
• Keywords: Cognitive impairment, Learning difficulties, Design, Cognitive models
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1496985
• Publisher URL: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/12655/