Creating a content rich and accessible website for users with cognitive disabilities

Rebecca ToppsWeb and multimedia student at University of Central Lancashire

What are cognitive disabilities?

...any sort of cognitive disorder that impairs understanding and functioning.

...a person with a cognitive disability has greater difficulty with one or more types of mental tasks than the average person.

WebAIM: Cognitive disabilitieshttp://webaim.org/articles/cognitive/

Australian Human Rights Commissionhttp://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/publications/preventing_crime/part1.html#fn1

Memory Attention

Problem solving

Reading and verbal comprehension

MathComprehension

VisualComprehension

British Standards 8878 : 2010

User research

Organise navigation naming and written content

User testing with people who have varied abilities throughout design and development

Making sure the programming is correct and accessible

Testing the website with various accessibility tools which can be found online

Usability testing

Thanks for listening!

Any questions?