Simeon Keates
Establishing design best practices for users with cognitive and learning difficulties
Keates, Simeon; Varker, Philip
Authors
Philip Varker
Contributors
Constantine Stephanidis
Editor
Abstract
In many respects, cognitive difficulties and learning impairments are the poor relation of Universal Access (UA) research. Research into emotional impairments is even less common. A simple review of almost any general UA or Assistive Technology conference proceedings will typically show a strong bias towards sensory (vision and hearing) impairment, with a strong minority addressing motor impairment issues. This is an improvement on the situation a few years ago where the vast majority of the papers would be based solely on blindness, despite that particularly impairment constituting only 14% of people with a vision impairment and 2% of the overall prevalence of functional impairment in the general population [7]. This paper discusses the reasons why such a disparity exists and summarises the outcome of an International Symposium, hosted by the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center, to establish the state-of-the-art in research and best practices for supporting access for users with cognitive difficulties and learning impairments.
Citation
Keates, S., & Varker, P. (2007, July). Establishing design best practices for users with cognitive and learning difficulties. Presented at 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2007, Beijing, China
| Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (published) |
|---|---|
| Conference Name | 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2007 |
| Start Date | Jul 22, 2007 |
| End Date | Jul 27, 2007 |
| Publication Date | 2007 |
| Deposit Date | Jan 30, 2019 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 706-715 |
| Series Title | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
| Series Number | 4554 |
| Series ISSN | 0302-9743 |
| Book Title | Universal Acess in Human Computer Interaction. Coping with Diversity: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2007, Part I |
| ISBN | 9783540732785 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73279-2_78 |
| Keywords | design best practices, users with cognitive and learning difficulties |
| Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1497277 |