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Innovations in Accessibility
Designing for Digital Outcasts
What’s the answer?
What’s the question?
http://www.boing
boing.net/2010/04/02/why-iwont-buy-an-ipad-and-thinkyou-shouldnt-either.html
“I feel like
technology
is finally
catching up
with what I
truly need.”
~ Glenda Watson Hyatt
Author of “I’ll Do It Myself” blog
http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/the-ipad-as-an-affordablecommunicator-initial-review/
“Digital Outcasts”
~ Gareth White, University of Sussex
Author of “Toward Accessible 3D Virtual Environments for
the Blind and Visually Impaired”
Retrieved May 20, 2008 courtesy the authors from
http://blindsecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/paperpublication.html
"Human beings exist
along continuums
of competence.
Success is based
upon adapting
oneself to the
needs of the
surrounding
environment."
~ Thomas Armstrong
Author of “The New Field of Neurodiversity: Why
‘Disabilities’ Are Essential to the Human
Ecosystem”
Retrieved July 28, 2010 from
http://www.alternet.org/story/147107
Niche Construction
Modifying one’s
surroundings
according to
one’s unique
needs, in order
to ensure
success in life
~ Thomas Armstrong, from the article The New Field of Neurodiversity:
Why ‘Disabilities’ Are Essential to the Human Ecosystem
http://www.alternet.org/story/147107
http://articles.philly.com/2011-01-03/news/26356248_1_haptics-cane-immersion-corp
MobileASL
http://mobileasl.cs.washington.edu/
http://www.theage.com.au/digitallife/smartphone-apps/autism-iphonebreakthrough-from-tantrums-to-appy-days20100416-sjjl.html
“My daughter is
capable of a threehour tantrum that
leaves your ears
ringing. With the
phone showing
exactly what she
has requested, we
see a huge reduction
in (her) frustration."
~ Lisa Domican
Creator of the Grace app
for iPad and iPhone
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/smartphoneapps/autism-iphone-breakthrough-from-tantrumsto-appy-days-20100416-sjjl.html
"Mia is cognitively
alert but unable
to communicate.
[iComm] has
given her a voice
for the first time
and allowed us to
understand her
so much better."
~ Martin Brooks
Creator of the iComm app for iPhone
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article
-1276195/Father-creates-iPhone-app-givesvoice-severely-disabled-daughter.html
iPhone Money Reader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvfDnGMPrkI
~ LookTel Products
http://www.looktel.com/products
iPhone Money Reader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvfDnGMPrkI
~ LookTel Products
http://www.looktel.com/products
Texting for the Blind
DrawBraille Haptic Phone
~ Shikun Sun
Sheffield Hallam University
http://technabob.com/blog/2011/08/29/drawbraille-phone-concept/
Touchscreens for the Blind
Omnifer Braille iPad Case
~ Jayson D’Allessandro
Auburn University
http://www.tecca.com/news/2011/08/12/omnifer-braille-ipad-case/
“Holly’s
enthusiasm
to read has
grown so
much, and
it’s definitely
increased her
independence.”
~ Fiona Bligh
Mother of Holly Bligh, a 9-year old with albino nystagmus
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/ipad-becomes-the-apple-of-hollyseye/story-fn7x8me2-1226083773188
iPad and the Blind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEDzitE2w_0
iPad and the Blind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEDzitE2w_0
“We’re living in a high-tech,
low-touch society.”
5B
5B
2B
http://www.nahc.org/facts/homecareStudy.html
28%
of home health patients return
to the hospital
Medicare Statistic
http://www.phd1.idaho.gov/homehealth/homehealthprofile.cfm
13%
of Medicare surgical patients
are readmitted within 30 days
Medicare Statistic
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/10/10/prsa1010.htm
60%
of patients fail to visit their
primary care physician within
two weeks of discharge
Case Management Adherence Guidelines
http://www.cmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/cmag2.pdf
125,000
Case Management Adherence Guidelines
http://www.cmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/cmag2.pdf
30% improvement
* Based on 20
patients recovering
from stroke with
average age of 61,
undergoing
eight 60-minute
sessions over
a period of two
weeks
~ Dr. Gustavo Saposnik
Director of the Stroke Outcomes Research Unit,
St. Michael’s Hospital at the University of Toronto
http://dailycontributor.com/playing-wii-can-help-strokepatients-recover-faster/13017/
Kinect Therapy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCWYFo7HesA
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/science/23avatar.html?_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/science/23avatar.html?_r=1
“In a matter of
minutes,
people placed
in front of the
virtual mirror
identify
strongly with
their ‘body’ and
psychologically
inhabit it.”
~ Jeremy Bailenson
Director of the Stanford University Virtual
Human Interaction Lab
~ Electrocorticographic (ECoG) Brain Implants
Wadsworth Center Lab Albany, NY
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/the-cyborg-in-us-all.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Computer Telepathy
One epilepsy
patient moved
a ball across a
computer
screen simply
by imagining a
sound.
~ Electrocorticographic (ECoG) Brain Implants
Wadsworth Center Lab Albany, NY
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/the-cyborg-in-us-all.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Virtual Pain Distraction
http://worlds.ruc.dk/archives/3033
http://www.ampainsoc.org/pub/bulletin/spr05/inno1.htm
Virtual Pain Distraction
http://worlds.ruc.dk/archives/3033
http://www.ampainsoc.org/pub/bulletin/spr05/inno1.htm
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/15/when-technology-gets-creepy-giving-birth-in-second-life/
http://www.newswise.com/articles/people-with-disabilities-find-improved-quality-of-life-by-visiting-virtualworld-online-free-internet-site-used-by-millions-for-entertainment-now-serves-disabled-individuals
BE Community
for adolescent
cancer patients
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/archives/2010/11/be-community.html
“Patients feel empowered
by support they find
online and
experience
emotionally
beneficial
recognition
from similar
interactions.”
~ Mette Hoybye, PhD
Center on Stress and Health
Stanford University
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/archives/2010/11/be-community.html
“I’ve always wanted to
be part of a group that
understood what it’s like
to be me.”
Autism + Avatars
http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Dallas-center-uses-avatars-in-virtualworld-to-help-autistic-children-116899863.html
Autism + Avatars
http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Dallas-center-uses-avatars-in-virtualworld-to-help-autistic-children-116899863.html
Empathy
Empathy
Making allowances for attributes a
person cannot readily change
“In the absence of detailed
information we all work from
assumptions ... we tend to
design for ourselves, not
for other people.”
~ Richard Rubenstein and Harry Hersh, from the book
The Human Factor: Designing Computer Systems for People
$175b
2006 U.S. Department of Labor. “Providing Quality Services to Customers with
Disabilities.” www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/ek98/provide.htm
4x
~ Paul Farhi and Jennifer Frey. “Marketers Tune In to the Tween Set; New Media target a Rich
Niche of Young Consumers” Washington Post. 23 May 2006.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/22/AR2006052201903.html
20.5% total* players
46% physical
29% mental
25% developmental
*13,296 players surveyed
~ 2008 Information Solutions Group Survey
http://www.casualgaming.biz/news/27527/20-of-casual-gamers-are-disabled
Changes in wireless Internet use by
demographic groups, 2009-2010
April 2009
Less than $30,000
$30,000-$49,999
$50,000-$74,999
$75,000+
35
53
63
72
May 2010
46
55
67
80
Change
+11
+2
+4
+8
~ Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
April 29-May 30 Tracking Survey
N=2,252 adults 18 and older
http://e-patients.net/archives/2010/07/mobile-social-health-at-thenational-library-of-medicine.html
Changes in wireless Internet use by
demographic groups, 2009-2010
April 2009
Less than $30,000
$30,000-$49,999
$50,000-$74,999
$75,000+
35
53
63
72
May 2010
46
55
67
80
Change
+11
+2
+4
+8
~ Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
April 29-May 30 Tracking Survey
N=2,252 adults 18 and older
http://e-patients.net/archives/2010/07/mobile-social-health-at-thenational-library-of-medicine.html
41%
Of adults living with a disability
have broadband Internet access
http://e-patients.net/archives/2010/07/mobile-social-health-at-the-national-library-of-medicine.html
http://e-patients.net/archives/2010/07/mobile-social-health-at-the-national-library-of-medicine.html
http://e-patients.net/archives/2010/07/mobile-social-health-at-the-national-library-of-medicine.html
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/06/09/137084239/nearly-1-in-7-people-on-earth-are-disabled-survey-finds?sc=fb&cc=fp/
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/06/09/137084239/nearly-1-in-7-people-on-earth-are-disabled-survey-finds?sc=fb&cc=fp/
We are all digital outcasts
What’s the answer?
What’s the answer?
You are.
One day …
Picture: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/virtual-world.htm
“The future has
already arrived.
It’s just not evenly
distributed yet.”
~ William Gibson
Science fiction writer and author of Idoru
Waterloo Labs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2kw5MJK24
Waterloo Labs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2kw5MJK24
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