HTML Components for people with cognitive disabilities and low digital literacy

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SteppingStones and the
Developer Space
Steve Lee, OpenDirective
AAATE 2017, Sheffield, Sept 2017

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• Some struggle with using digital tech
• Low digital literacy
• Cognitive disabilities
• Both in case of current elders “cohort”

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• Need “Stepping Stones”
• Gain confidence and digital skills
• Support declining abilities

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• More activity than 4 yrs ago
• WCAG 2.0 / 2.1
• W3C coga task force
• ISO/TC 173/WG / RESNA CA

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• Components
• Included in projects / products
• Showcase good practice
• Support collaborative best practice
• EU FP7 Funded

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• HTML components
• Use in web or native apps
• Access to media access and comms
• Levels of complexity
• Photo viewer

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• Prosperity4All FP7 EU Project
• Develop framework for components
• GitHub open source project

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• Used in Brian project (also P4A)
• Targets PLWD and relatives
• Plus AlwaysInMind commercial service
• Take research to market
• Refine & harden for specific use case

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• But only OpenDirective - tumbleweed
• Some devs / co expressed interest
• Users / supporters
• Health professionals
• Researchers
• Product developers

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• Enable SteppingStones to …
• Connect to those other stakeholders
• Signpost others to engage
• Learn of new developments
• Market project and service

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
• Enable SteppingStones to …
• Connect to those other stakeholders
• Signpost others to engage
• Learn of new developments
• Market project and service

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SteppingStones
for low cognitive and low digital literacy
@SteveALee