Cognitive Web Accessibility: Research 2010

Easy-to-use social network service
"a project was started, aiming to create an easy-touse social network service for ..." "... people with learning disabilities or cognitive impairments ..." "... by applying user centered design methods. This paper explains the rationale for starting the project and also describes the some of the implementation methods used."
Towards Cognitively Accessible Web Pages
"A number of specific universal design principles are derived from a variety of cognitive disabilities ...". "The principles have been implemented and evaluated by means of personas testing with results showing that a much more universally accessible solution of a login mechanism to a web service could be achieved as compared to today's solution."
Easy-to-use social network service
Describes a project "... aiming to create an easy-to-use social network service ..." "... for people with learning disabilities or cognitive impairments ...".
Supporting the web experience of young people with learning disabilities
"The paper describes a test setup to survey the needs of young people with learning disabilities with regard to additional functions that could support their use of the web."
Easyweb - a study how people with specific learning difficulties can be supported on using the internet
"Although having based on heuristic experiences the study represents a deep investigation concerning Easy-to-Read principles for print and online materials and what is more represented a signal for ongoing ambitious efforts to involve people with specific learning difficulties to all areas of life."
The need for easy-to-read information on web sites
"For the web-information to be accessible, it must be easy to find, the web site easy to navigate and the text must be readable and understandable. The information should be in easy-to-read language and presented in a separate web-room."
Easy-to-Web: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session
"The main goal is a better integration of guidelines for accessible information to the World Wide Web, especially considering the needs of people with learning disabilities."
Easy-to-Web Search for People with Learning Disabilities as Part of an Integrated Concept of Cognitive Web Accessibility
"This paper describes the first step towards an easy-to-web search user interface which helps people with learning disabilities to start a query with a correct written and meaningful search word."
Testing a web information portal for people with learning disabilities
"A web portal designed specifically with the intended users in mind (i.e. individuals with learning difficulties) has been developed and piloted through a Rix Centre (UEL (University of East London) ) initiative in collaboration with a number of schools and adult service organisations. ... Assessment of findings includes evidence of participant self-directed interest and initiated use of web technologies, recognition and competent utilisation of basic navigation tools, and simple task completion within the web portal itself."
WebAIM: PAC RIM 2010: Web Accessibility for Individuals with Cognitive and Learning Disabilities: Research and Recommendations
"Jonathan Whiting & Cyndi Rowland - This poster highlights the results of two web-based surveys of over 1000 screen reader users. Learn more how screen reader users navigate the web, the problems they encounter and what you can do about it. The surveys were conducted by WebAIM, a leading non-profit web accessibility group."
WebAIM: CSUN 2010: COG-1004: Insights Into Cognitive Web Accessibility
"This session presents summary findings, insights, and thoughts from a study of aspects of web accessibility for students with cognitive disabilities." Jared Smith, WebAIM
AEGIS - Open Accessibility Everywhere - Personas of IT Users with Disabilities - Cognitive Impairment
"Personas are hypothetical archetypes of actual users." founded " ... on real data obtained from field research studying real people." Cognitive impairment: Dementia/Alzheimer disease ... (Multiple Sclerosis - memory loss - reduced dexterity) ... Dysarthria; Learning disability (Dyslexic and colour blind) ... (Speech and language disorders) ... (Dyslexic and colour blind) ... (Cerebral Palsy)."
Web Design References: Accessibility: Cognitive Disabilities
List of articles related to Web accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities. University of Minnesota
Accessibility and cognitive challenges on the Web - MediaLT
Collection of information about Web accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities.
WebAIM: Cognitive Accessibility and WAVE - field test information
"... evaluating the use of the WAVE web accessibility evaluation tool in conjunction with a checklist for evaluating cognitive web accessibility ...".