[Athen] Cognitive Accessibility Online

[Alice Anderson]

by Dawn Gregg

full url: http://yaccessibilityblog.com/wp/cognitive-accessibility-online.html
shortened url: http://j.mp/e5XiFs #a11y #axs #cognitive

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My observation: As our population ages, and memory functions deteriorate,
this area will need much more attention to address the reality that the
internet is no longer optional - it is essential for participation in education, 
employment, commerce, civics, health and safety and more ...


excerpt:

There are a number of reasons why cognitive accessibility is not taken into 
account when designing websites.  Accessibility for users with cognitive disabilities 
can be a far greater challenge than for those with other types of disabilities. 
Cognitive impairments are the least understood of the disability categories 
(Novak & Paciello, 2002) and the individual need of cognitively disabled 
users can vary wildly depending on the nature of the disability.  
This population can have difficulties in any or all of these areas:

	• Lingual (text and language)
	• Learning and problem solving
	• Orientation
	• Focus and attention span
	• Memory
	• Visual comprehension


               Alice Anderson
TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM
  Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
      University of Wisconsin-Madison
     1210 West Dayton Street (3124)
             Madison, WI 53706

          Telephone: 608.262.2129