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By 2020, the number of the world’s older population is expected to exceed one billion, and maintaining a high quality of life for these people has become an important issue throughout the world. The Web has been shown to have a positive experience on the quality of life and well-being of older persons, by assisting them to maintain an independent living. However, many older people seem to shy away from the Web due to various problems they experience when interacting with the Web. To understand the nature of these problems, this chapter presents the functional impairments and the attitudes that might contribute to older persons’ hesitation of utilising the Web. This chapter discusses the changes that happen with age, their effects on Web interaction and how they can be mediated through the accessible Web.

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Kurniawan, S.H. (2008). Ageing. In: Harper, S., Yesilada, Y. (eds) Web Accessibility. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-050-6_5

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