TY - JOUR KW - cognitive disability AU - Simeon Keates AU - Ray Adams AU - Cathy Bodine AU - Sara Czaja AU - Wayne Gordon AU - Peter Gregor AU - Emily Hacker AU - Vicki L. Hanson AU - John Kemp AU - Mark Laff AU - Clayton Lewis AU - Michael Pieper AU - John Richards AU - David Rose AU - Anthony Savidis AU - Greg Schultz AU - Paul Snayd AU - Shari Trewin AU - Philip Varker AB -

In October 2005, the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center and T.J. Watson Research Center hosted a symposium on "cognitive and learning difficulties and how they affect access to IT systems." The central premise of the symposium was the recognition that cognitive and learning difficulties have a profound impact on a person’s ability to interact with information technology (IT) systems, but that little support is currently being offered by those systems. By bringing together internationally renowned experts from a variety of different, but complementary, research fields, the symposium aimed to provide a complete overview of the issues related to this topic. This paper summarises the discussions and findings of the symposium.

AN - 16738867 BT - Universal Access in the Information Society DO - 10.1007/s10209-006-0058-4 IS - 4 LA - eng N1 -

This article summarizes the discussions in a symposium that was hosted in October 2005. The symposium was based on a recognition of the profound impact that cognitive and learning difficulties had on a person's interaction with information technology. Major topics discussed in this symposium have been presented here.

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In October 2005, the IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center and T.J. Watson Research Center hosted a symposium on "cognitive and learning difficulties and how they affect access to IT systems." The central premise of the symposium was the recognition that cognitive and learning difficulties have a profound impact on a person’s ability to interact with information technology (IT) systems, but that little support is currently being offered by those systems. By bringing together internationally renowned experts from a variety of different, but complementary, research fields, the symposium aimed to provide a complete overview of the issues related to this topic. This paper summarises the discussions and findings of the symposium.

PY - 2007 SP - 329 EP - 339 T2 - Universal Access in the Information Society TI - Cognitive and learning difficulties and how they affect access to IT systems VL - 5 SN - 1615-5289, 1615-5297 ER -