HCI for
people with disabilites
1.
Manually impaired users
2.
Visually impaired users
3.
Hearing-impaired users
4.
Cognitively impaired users
• Legal
requirements to make software and websites accessible:
- Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Presidential
Directive for Federal Government sites
- Section
508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for colleges
- Institutional
directives (e.g., UCI's Electronic Communications Policy)
• Guidelines for making software and websites accessible (e.g., from WAI)
• Software tools for, e.g.,