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Cognitive Disabilities and Accessibility

Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP-AAATE 2022)

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Abstract

This STS, following a series of STSs and sessions on Cognitive Disabilities and Accessibility in ICCHP over more than two decades, documents the development on how the neurodivergent people and their support/care sector develops in defining and addressing needs towards R&D for both Accessibility and Assistive Technologies (AT). It reports on progress in guidelines, standards, methods, techniques, and tools for addressing Accessibility. And it gives a comprehensive overview to new and innovative AT solutions and service provision models for better participation, including studies and reflection on efficiency, effectiveness and impact on social inclusion and quality of life. This is accompanied by reflections on socio-economic, business and policy/political developments.

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Acknowledgement

This session and this introduction have been facilitated in the frame of the Easy Reading project, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 780529.

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  1. Institute Integriert Studieren, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstraße 69, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger & Peter Heumader

  2. TU Dortmund University, 44227, Dortmund, Germany

    Susanne Dirks & Christian Bühler

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  1. Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Kouroupetroglou

  3. European University Cyprus, Engomi, Cyprus

    Katerina Mavrou

  4. University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Roberto Manduchi

  5. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Mario Covarrubias Rodriguez

  6. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penáz

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Miesenberger, K., Dirks, S., Bühler, C., Heumader, P. (2022). Cognitive Disabilities and Accessibility. In: Miesenberger, K., Kouroupetroglou, G., Mavrou, K., Manduchi, R., Covarrubias Rodriguez, M., Penáz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP-AAATE 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13341. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_47

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