Innovations in Accessibility Designing for Digital Outcasts
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Innovations in AccessibilityDesigning for Digital Outcasts
What’s the answer?
What’s the question?
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.html
“I feel like technology is finally catching up with what I truly need.”
~ Glenda Watson HyattAuthor of “I’ll Do It Myself” blog
http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/the-ipad-as-an-affordable-communicator-initial-review/
~ Gareth White, University of SussexAuthor of “Toward Accessible 3D Virtual Environments for
the Blind and Visually Impaired” Retrieved May 20, 2008 courtesy the authors fromhttp://blindsecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/paper-
publication.html
“Digital Outcasts”
"Human beings exist along continuums of competence. Success is based upon adapting oneself to the needs of the surrounding environment."
~ Thomas ArmstrongAuthor 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
~ Thomas Armstrong, from the article The New Field of Neurodiversity: Why ‘Disabilities’ Are Essential to the Human Ecosystem
http://www.alternet.org/story/147107
Modifying one’s surroundings according toone’s uniqueneeds, in orderto ensuresuccess in life
http://articles.philly.com/2011-01-03/news/26356248_1_haptics-cane-immersion-corp
http://mobileasl.cs.washington.edu/
MobileASL
http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/autism-iphone-
breakthrough-from-tantrums-to-appy-days-20100416-sjjl.html
“My daughter is capable of a three- hour tantrum that leaves your ears ringing. With the phone showing exactly what she has requested, we see a huge reduction in (her) frustration."
~ Lisa DomicanCreator of the Grace app
for iPad and iPhonehttp://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/autism-iphone-breakthrough-from-tantrums-
to-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 iPhonehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/
article-1276195/Father-creates-iPhone-app-gives-voice-severely-disabled-daughter.html
iPhone Money Reader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvfDnGMPrkI
~ LookTel Productshttp://www.looktel.com/products
iPhone Money Reader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvfDnGMPrkI
~ LookTel Productshttp://www.looktel.com/products
Texting for the Blind
DrawBraille Haptic Phone~ Shikun Sun
Sheffield Hallam Universityhttp://technabob.com/blog/2011/08/29/drawbraille-phone-concept/
Touchscreens for the Blind
Omnifer Braille iPad Case~ Jayson D’Allessandro
Auburn Universityhttp://www.tecca.com/news/2011/08/12/omnifer-braille-ipad-case/
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/ipad-becomes-the-apple-of-hollys-eye/story-fn7x8me2-1226083773188
“Holly’s enthusiasm to read has grown so much, and it’s definitely increased her independence.”
~ Fiona BlighMother of Holly Bligh, a 9-year old with albino nystagmus
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 2Bhttp://www.nahc.org/facts/homecareStudy.html
of home health patients returnto the hospitalMedicare Statistichttp://www.phd1.idaho.gov/homehealth/homehealthprofile.cfm
28%
of Medicare surgical patients are readmitted within 30 daysMedicare Statistichttp://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/10/10/prsa1010.htm
13%
of patients fail to visit their primary care physician within two weeks of dischargeCase Management Adherence Guidelineshttp://www.cmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/cmag2.pdf
60%
Case Management Adherence Guidelineshttp://www.cmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/cmag2.pdf
125,000
~ Dr. Gustavo SaposnikDirector of the Stroke Outcomes Research Unit,
St. Michael’s Hospital at the University of Torontohttp://dailycontributor.com/playing-wii-can-help-stroke-
patients-recover-faster/13017/
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
Kinect Therapy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCWYFo7HesA
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.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/science/23avatar.html?_r=1
~ Jeremy BailensonDirector of the Stanford University Virtual
Human Interaction Lab
~ Electrocorticographic (ECoG) Brain ImplantsWadsworth Center Lab Albany, NY
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/the-cyborg-in-us-all.html?_r=1&ref=technology
Computer TelepathyOne epilepsy patient moved a ball across a computer screen simply by imagining a sound.
~ Electrocorticographic (ECoG) Brain ImplantsWadsworth 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/3033http://www.ampainsoc.org/pub/bulletin/spr05/inno1.htm
Virtual Pain Distraction
http://worlds.ruc.dk/archives/3033http://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-virtual-world-online-free-internet-site-used-by-millions-for-entertainment-now-serves-disabled-individuals
http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/archives/2010/11/be-community.html
BE Community for adolescent
cancer patients
“Patients feel empowered by support they find online and experience emotionally beneficial recognition from similar interactions.”
~ Mette Hoybye, PhDCenter 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-virtual-world-to-help-autistic-children-116899863.html
Autism + Avatars
http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/Dallas-center-uses-avatars-in-virtual-world-to-help-autistic-children-116899863.html
Empathy
Making allowances for attributes a person cannot readily change
Empathy
~ Richard Rubenstein and Harry Hersh, from the bookThe Human Factor: Designing Computer Systems for People
“In the absence of detailed information we all work from assumptions ... we tend to design for ourselves, not for other 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
~ 2008 Information Solutions Group Surveyhttp://www.casualgaming.biz/news/27527/20-of-casual-gamers-are-disabled
20.5% total* players46% physical29% mental25% developmental
*13,296 players surveyed
Changes in wireless Internet use by demographic groups, 2009-2010
Less than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$74,999
$75,000+
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April 2009 May 2010 Change
~ Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life ProjectApril 29-May 30 Tracking Survey
N=2,252 adults 18 and olderhttp://e-patients.net/archives/2010/07/mobile-social-health-at-the-
national-library-of-medicine.html
~ Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life ProjectApril 29-May 30 Tracking Survey
N=2,252 adults 18 and olderhttp://e-patients.net/archives/2010/07/mobile-social-health-at-the-
national-library-of-medicine.html
Changes in wireless Internet use by demographic groups, 2009-2010
Less than $30,000$30,000-$49,999$50,000-$74,999
$75,000+
35536372
46556780
+11+2+4+8
April 2009 May 2010 Change
Of adults living with a disabilityhave broadband Internet access41%
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
15%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/
15%We are all digital outcasts
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/
What’s the answer?
What’s the answer?You are.
Picture: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/other-gadgets/virtual-world.htm
One day …
~ William GibsonScience fiction writer and author of Idoru
“The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly
distributed yet.”
Waterloo Labs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2kw5MJK24
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2kw5MJK24
Waterloo Labs
Thank youQuestions & Comments
@anikto@kelsmith@digitaloutcasts