Cognitive Accessibility 101 - simple ideas for successful design for cognitive impairment

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[ UUID ] 707265ec-9efb-4303-954a-279c3b826f08

[ Session Name ] Cognitive Accessibility 101 - simple ideas for successful design for cognitive impairment [ Primary Space ] Digital Inclusion

[ Submitter's Name ] Alastair Somerville [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] Acuity Design [ Submitter's Github ] @acuitydesign

What will happen in your session?

A simple introduction to design for cognitive impairment (in physical and digital environments). The workshop will show some examples of the problems caused by cognitively inaccessible design and show a simple framework for designing for cognitive impairments.

The workshop uses experience from Alastair Somerville's work in museums and public realm design as well as clearly linking to the important digital standards work of the Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force of W3C.

The workshop will be interactive to allow for participants to provide greater insight from their own lived experiences and use an open session to use the design framework in practice.

What is the goal or outcome of your session?

The goals of the workshop are:- 1) to provide a simple explanation of what cognitive accessibility is, who is affected and what bad design looks like. 2) to show a simple framework for successful cognitive accessibility design that can be implemented in any project. 3) to use open discussion to bring in personal experiences and show why personalisation matters. 4) to use exercises to show how to use the framework to solve some examples of cognitive inaccessibility. 5) to provide links to developing design resources at W3C and research organisations.

If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.

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Time needed

60 mins

[kenyatta1]

This proposal has progressed to our next phase of deliberation! We will be following up shortly.

[bunnybooboo]

Ooh looping myself in to not miss this one's status! Good luck @AcuityDesign

[kenyatta1]

@AcuityDesign Congratulations! We are very happy to announce that we have accepted your session at the festival this year! We will be in touch with additional information in the coming weeks.

[kaodro]

Hi @AcuityDesign , my name is Kasia and I work on Mozilla’s Internet Health Report. At Mozfest we will be present with an “Internet Research Hub” #618 (last comment) - an easy-going, cozy space for discussions and networking both with us about Internet Health and among researchers themselves.

We also invite anyone who does work in an Internet research field to sign up and present their work at a couple of open display tables we will have in the hub. We will promote these sessions throughout the festival. You can do it spontaneously with pen and paper on site or if you would like to save a spot beforehand, drop me an email at kasia@mozillafoundation.org with a short description of the session.

In any case, I would like to invite you to pass by the hub and say hi. We will start with an informal "Research and coffee grinder” get-together at the beginning of the festival where people can get to know each other. Space and exact schedule for the Hub are still being decided and I will update you once we know the details. Hope to see you there!