scholarly journals Cognitive disabilities and web accessibility: a survey into the Brazilian web development community

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 308-327
Author(s):  
Talita Cristina Pagani Britto Pichiliani ◽  
Ednaldo Brigante Pizzolato
Keyword(s):  
Applied Research ◽  
Cognitive Disabilities ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
User Needs ◽  
Knowledge Gap ◽  
Web Development ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Organizational Barriers ◽  
Development Professionals ◽  
Exploratory Survey

Cognitive disabilities include a diversity of conditions related to cognitive functions, such as reading, understanding, learning, solving problems, memorization and speaking. They differ largely from each other, making them a heterogeneous complex set of disabilities. Although the awareness about cognitive disabilities has been increasing in the last few years, it is still less than necessary compared to other disabilities. The need for an investigation about this issue is part of the agenda of the Challenge 2 (Accessibility and Digital Inclusion) from GranDIHC-Br. This paper describes the results of an online exploratory survey conducted with 105 web development professionals from different sectors to understand their knowledge and barriers regarding accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities. The results evidenced three biases that potentially prevent those professionals from approaching cogni-tive disabilities: strong organizational barriers; difficulty to understand user needs related to cognitive disabilities; a knowledge gap about web accessibility principles and guidelines. Our results confirmed that web development professionals are unaware about cognitive disabilities mostly by a lack of knowledge about them, even if they understand web accessibility in a technical level. Therefore, we suggest that applied research studies focus on how to fill this knowledge gap before providing tools, artifacts or frameworks.

scholarly journals Inclusão digital via acessibilidade web | Digital inclusion via web accessibility

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesar Augusto Cusin ◽  
Silvana Aparecida Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Architecture ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Science Information

Resumo A natureza atual da web, que destaca a participação colaborativa dos usuários em diversos ambientes informacionais digitais, conduz ao desenvolvimento de diretrizes que enfocam a arquitetura da informação digital inclusiva para diferentes públicos nas mais diversas ambiências informacionais. A pesquisa propõe e objetiva um ambiente informacional digital inclusivo, visando apontar os elementos de acessibilidade que permitam a promoção da inclusão informacional digital, de forma a destacar os referenciais da Arquitetura da Informação Digital, de recomendações internacionais, com o olhar da Ciência da Informação e das novas tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC).Palavras-chave inclusão digital; web; acessibilidade; ciência da informação; arquitetura da informação.Abstract The current nature of the web, which highlights the collaborative participation of users in various digital informational environments, leads to the development of guidelines that focus on the digital inclusive information architecture for different audiences in diverse informational environments. The study proposes an inclusive digital information environment, aiming to establish the elements of accessibility that  enable the promotion of digital inclusion information in order to highlight the references of digital information architecture, the international recommendations, with the perspective of Information Science and the new information and communication technologies (ICT).Keywords digital inclusion; web; accessibility; information science; information architecture.

scholarly journals Web Accessibility Interventions for Citizens Living with Cognitive Impairment: A Rapid Evidence Assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Flynn ◽  
Sara Gartland ◽  
Joe Cullen ◽  
Maria Ana Carneiro ◽  
Jose de Sousa Fialho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Cognitive Impairments ◽  
Cognitive Disabilities ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
Flow Diagram ◽  
Rapid Review

Abstract BackgroundThere is a clear and pressing need to understand the barriers to technology user experience, particularly in relation to people with cognitive disabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent expansion of digital technologies associated with education, wellness and employment only makes the need to understand how people with cognitive disabilities interact with such technologies, within the naturalistic context of their lifeworld, increasingly urgent. Therefore a necessary first step is to develop a baseline understanding of the current state of web accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities. Thus, the purpose of this review is to conduct baseline research to understand the factors and processes that inhibit access to online content and services for people with cognitive impairments.MethodsThis systematic, rapid evidence assessment, review will employ a search strategy using defined terms within agreed search strings in the following databases: Web of Science, SCOPUS, EBSCOhost, ERIC and ProQuest. Internet searching through Google Scholar will be carried out as well as forward and backward tracking of citations from studies that are included in the review. All results, screening process results will be documented in tabular form and communicated in a PRISMA flow diagram. In addition, the research team consider it necessary to carry out a grey literature search due to the nature of the work being investigated. The expertise within the research team indicated that many programmes that support people with cognitive impairments do not formally report their work through academic dissemination pathways. Consequently it is intended that a grey literature search will be carried out to supplement that findings of study. In contrast to the focus on studies published in English for peer review returns, the grey literature search will actively seek out returns across all languages of the European Union.DiscussionThis rapid review protocol will focus on citizens ages 9 and up who live with cognitive impairment and establish a baseline for best practice in supporting web accessibility for people with cognitive impairments. It will achieve this by providing a time limited state-of-the-art evidence report, specific to the challenges people with cognitive impairment, that will help those involved in policy development, policy response initiatives and localised activity. It is intended that, depending on the outcome of the review process, additional opportunities for innovation and/or research may be communicated to relevant stakeholders and policy makers.Systematic Review RegistrationThis protocol has been submitted to the International Prospective Register for Systematic Reviews - PROSPERO, and is currently under review. Reference No. 269245.

Maximizing Web Accessibility Through User-Centered Interface Design

2009 ◽  
pp. 2542-2555
Author(s):  
Soonhwa Seok
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Web Accessibility ◽  
Digital Inclusion ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
Standards And Guidelines ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Users With Special Needs

Digital inclusion and Web accessibility are integral parts of modern culture and, as such, have implications for social accountability. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has suggested standards and guidelines regarding the inclusion of people with special needs, with an emphasis on higher accessibility and adaptability as the main goal of Web design. The user interface is the place where users can interact with the information by using their minds. Users with special needs can acquire information by using a human centered user interface. This article highlights the need to investigate the relationship between cognition and user interface.

science-policy interface: the italian experience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
corina angela
Keyword(s):  
Applied Research ◽  
Warning System ◽  
User Needs ◽  
Damage Analysis ◽  
International Expert ◽  
Hydraulic Modelling ◽  
Science And Policy ◽  
Italian Experience ◽  
European Institutions ◽  
Science Policy Interface

<p>Over the last 15 years, in the framework of the Italian early warning system, managed directly by the civil protection authorities, the gap between science and policy have been positively bridged with the Knowledge Centres: a national strategy, with a formal architecture that has build a dialogue between scientific community and responsibility services.<br>The applied research, tailored on operational user needs, has been funded and supported leading to the development of advanced applications in coupled meteo-hydrological modelling, satellite rapid damage analysis, hydraulic modelling, levees vulnerability estimation etc.<br>Similar interface models are being created in the European institutions (DRMKC, European Commission) or in the international expert Agencies ( Research Panel, WMO).<br>The general positive dialogue among science and policy, in a mutual enrichment, is presented in this paper. </p>

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