Establishing design best practices for users with cognitive and learning difficulties

Simeon Keates; Philip Varker

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73279-2_78

Establishing design best practices for users with cognitive and learning difficulties

Simeon Keates, Philip Varker

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Universal access in human computer interaction
Subtitle of host publication	coping with diversity
Editors	Constantine Stephanidis
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	706-715
Number of pages	10
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783540732792
ISBN (Print)	9783540732785, 3540732780
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73279-2_78
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction - Beijing, China Duration: 22 Jul 2007 → 27 Jul 2007 Conference number: 4th

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Volume	4554
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
Abbreviated title	UAHCI 2007
Country/Territory	China
City	Beijing
Period	22/07/07 → 27/07/07

Keywords

Cognitive impairment
Learning difficulties
Design best practices

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Keates, S & Varker, P 2007, Establishing design best practices for users with cognitive and learning difficulties. in C Stephanidis (ed.), Universal access in human computer interaction: coping with diversity. vol. 1, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4554, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 706-715, 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, Beijing, China, 22/07/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73279-2_78

Establishing design best practices for users with cognitive and learning difficulties. / Keates, Simeon; Varker, Philip.

Universal access in human computer interaction: coping with diversity. ed. / Constantine Stephanidis. Vol. 1 Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 2007. p. 706-715 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 4554).

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