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Accessibility Evaluation of Video Games for Users with Cognitive Disabilities

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Intelligent Human Systems Integration 2020 (IHSI 2020)

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Currently, there are many students with cognitive problems to learn new concepts in theoretical classes. For students to improve the learning process from the knowledge transmitted in class, we propose a method to motivate the development of computer applications to reinforce the learning of new concepts. This research presents a method for evaluation of accessible video games. In order to evaluate accessibility in a videogame, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 will be considered, which includes barriers for users with cognitive disabilities. This category of users involves people with limited ability to process and memorize information, make decisions, or learn. The proposed method can be replicated for users with other types of disabilities and can be applied during the game development cycle to ensure a more inclusive and accessible product.

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  1. Department of Software and Computing Systems, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

    Luis Salvador-Ullauri & Sergio Luján-Mora

  2. Intelligent and Interactive Systems Lab, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador

    Patricia Acosta-Vargas

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  1. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  2. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  3. Dipartimento Di Ingegneria, Edificio 25, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Modena, Italy

    Alberto Vergnano

  4. Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, University of Modena, Modena, Modena, Italy

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  5. GRESPI, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims Cedex 2, France

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Salvador-Ullauri, L., Acosta-Vargas, P., Luján-Mora, S. (2020). Accessibility Evaluation of Video Games for Users with Cognitive Disabilities. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Vergnano, A., Leali, F., Taiar, R. (eds) Intelligent Human Systems Integration 2020. IHSI 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1131. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39512-4_130

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