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Title:
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INDIVIDUAL DIFFICULTIES FACED BY PERSONS WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS |
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Author(s):
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Mardé Greeff , Paula Kotzé |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-39-3 |
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Editors:
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António Palma dos Reis, Katherine Blashki and Yingcai Xiao (series editors:Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Usability, accessibility, evaluation, mobility impairments |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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186 |
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Last Page:
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191 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Disabled persons are experiencing additional difficulties when interacting with systems, applications or devices and also
have their own unique requirements that enable them to use a system. If the design of the system does not support these
requirements, people with disabilities will experience obstacles that may prevent them from interacting effectively with a
system. This paper reports on our experience with designing an adaptive web portal that can be used by people with a
variety of impairments. We highlight the fact that designing a system that is usable by people with various disabilities,
and various severities of a specific disability, is not a trivial task. We specifically focus on design guidelines that were
highlighted by participants with mobility or motion impairments during a usability evaluation to show that even within a
fairly homogeneous group, several individual differences will exist that may influence the design of adaptive systems. |
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