Mobile Technology for People with Cognitive Disabilities and Their Caregivers – HCI Issues

Lewis, Clayton; Sullivan, James F.; Hoehl, Jeffery

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02707-9_44

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“…There is also the increasing availability of mobile text to speech, raising the issue of the effectiveness of audio as an information medium, an issue discussed more fully in an earlier paper by one of the present writers (Williams, 2013 ). As Clayton Lewis and colleagues (Lewis, Sullivan and Hoehl, 2009 , p. 387) point out, ‘[a]s smart phones become more powerful, they offer the possibility to translate complex information into simpler, more comprehensible forms that are appropriate to an individual's abilities’. Indeed, Joseph Mintz and colleagues (Mintz, Branch, March et al 2012 ) have recently developed mobile phone software to help develop social and life skills in children with autistic spectrum disorders.…”

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Optimising web site designs for people with learning disabilities

Williams

Hennig

2013

Research in Spec Educ Needs

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Much relevant internet-mediated information is inaccessible to people with learning disabilities because of difficulties in navigating the web. This paper reports on the methods undertaken to determine how information can be optimally presented for this cohort. Qualitative work is outlined where attributes relating to site layout affecting usability were elicited. A study comparing web sites of different design layouts exhibiting these attributes is discussed, with the emphasis on methodology. Eight interfaces were compared using various combinations of menu position (vertical or horizontal), text size and the absence or presence of images to determine which attributes of a site have the greatest performance impact. Study participants were also asked for their preferences, via a ‘smiley-face’ rating scale and simple interviews. ‘Acquiescence bias’ was minimised by avoiding polar (‘yes/no’) interrogatives, achieved by asking participants to compare layouts (such as horizontal versus vertical menu), with reasons coaxed from those able to articulate them. Preferred designs were for large text and images. This was the reverse of those facilitating fastest retrieval times, a discrepancy due to preferences being judged on aesthetic considerations. Design recommendations that reconcile preference and performance findings are offered. These include using a horizontal menu, juxtaposing images and text, and reducing text from sentences to phrases, thus facilitating preferred large text without increasing task times.

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Optimising web site designs for people with learning disabilities

Williams

Hennig

2013

Research in Spec Educ Needs

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“…The community of researchers developing technologies for people with cognitive disabilities has begun to create design guidelines (e.g., limiting text or choices on a screen, providing multiple navigation paths to information, and increasing size of selectable areas on a screen) and identify interface techniques (e.g., [2,3]). However, the great variation in strengths and weakness among those who experience cognitive disabilities makes it difficult to identify similarity to other cognitively demanding tasks, and there have been few opportunities for knowledge exchange between different cognitive disability communities.…”

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Designing for cognitive limitations

McCrickard

Lewis

2012

Proceedings of the Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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People with cognitive disabilities that affect their memory, attention, and comprehension can become overwhelmed when using technology-just as cognitively-demanding situations like driving or multitasking can hinder technology use for most people. However, appropriatelydesigned technology can assist in overcoming cognitive disabilities and cognitive limitations. This workshop seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners with design experience in the many areas of cognitive disability and cognitive limitation to exchange, evolve, and develop strategies for design. Workshop participants will present key lessons from their own experiences, and workshop activities will employ claims-based design strategies toward identifying, comparing, and mapping approaches for addressing cognitive disabilities and limitations.

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