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ICCHP 2010: Computers Helping People with Special Needs pp 583–590Cite as

The Challenge of Mainstreaming ICT Design for All

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The education and training of ICT students and professionals with respect to Design for All is a vital part in the process of achieving eInclusion throughout Europe. This paper outlines the latest activity on the development of a curriculum in Design for All in ICT in higher education and professional development, and discusses some of the challenges of mainstreaming ICT Design for All. Concepts have been devised to introduce Design for All at bachelor-level of mainstream ICT education, to implement a masters degree in Design for All, and to provide training for professionals in ICT industry.

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  1. The Design for All Research Group, School of Engineering and Information Sciences, Middlesex University, London, UK

    Gill Whitney & Suzette Keith

  2. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Web Compliance Center, Schloss Birlinghoven, D-53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Barbara Schmidt-Belz

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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 49, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

  4. University of San Francisco The Universal Math Access Lab, 281 Masonic San Francisco, CA 94117, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

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Whitney, G., Keith, S., Schmidt-Belz, B. (2010). The Challenge of Mainstreaming ICT Design for All. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6179. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14097-6_94

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