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Easy to Surf - What Makes Websites Accessible to People with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities

A Study Resulting in Prototypical Guidelines

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Special needs of intellectually and mentally challenged people are generally not considered in ICT, not even in exemplary accessible websites. In this paper we reveal our scientific approach on how to develop guidelines closing this gap. We describe the process of extracting relevant and easy-to-understand directives from scientific literature addressing different aspects of user interfaces and different cognitive abilities. Considerations on how to further develop and improve these beta guidelines and on how to implement the gained insights in the World Wide Web are discussed.

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  1. School of Social Work, Institute Integration and Participation, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW, Olten, Switzerland

    Gabriela Antener & Stefania Calabrese

  2. Stiftung «Zugang für alle», Schweizerische Stiftung zur behindertengerechten Technologienutzung, Zurich, Switzerland

    Anton Bolfing

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  1. Institute “Integriert Studieren”, Johannes Kepler University, Altenbergerstr. 69,, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, M5B 2K3, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Deborah Fels

  3. THIM/EA 4004 CHArt, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, 2 rue de la liberté, 93526, Saint-Denis Cedex, France

    Dominique Archambault

  4. Teiresias Centre, Masaryk University, Botanická 68A, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Peňáz

  5. Institute “Integriert Studieren”, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstraße 11/029, Vienna, 1050, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Antener, G., Bolfing, A., Calabrese, S. (2014). Easy to Surf - What Makes Websites Accessible to People with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities. In: Miesenberger, K., Fels, D., Archambault, D., Peňáz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8547. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_24

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