Spelling error, should be inability: “Or worse yet, they are not even in your social world, because in ability to use interfaces…”
Noticeable repetition of the word “whereas” at the beginning of sentences in the second to last paragraph.
Spelling error, I believe this should be possess: "That includes people who are blind, low-vision, color blind, deaf, hard of hearing, unable to speak, or posses speech impediments..."
Spelling error, needs an 'i' for disabilities: "And while the largest group of people with disabilities are those with vision issues, the long tail of other disabilites around speech, hearing, and motor ability, when combined, is just as large."
Spelling error, should be achieving: "Achiving universal design means achieving principles like...."
Plural for examples: "Both SUPPLE and SmartTouch are example of ability-based design..."
An eye doctor: "...such as dilated pupils after a eye doctor appointment."
What I thought was kind of interesting about the misspellings in this chapter were that they reminded me of one of my good work friends who has dyslexia. His emails would usually be written with these very simple typos or rearranged letters, but he was still understandable and when speaking to him in person he was brilliant. I actually think it could be interesting if this chapter, especially being about accessibility, addressed autocorrect technology too. Or even pointed out these mistakes? It may or may not work, but it did make me think more about accessibility – especially as computer screens damage my own vision.
1 When World Banks survey was mentioned, source was linked to the text but was not listed under citations at the end.
2 I believe there is a typo on the 2nd paragraph in the following sentence (listed below) on the word “inability” was written as “in ability”
“…Or worse yet, they are not even in your social world, because in ability to use interfaces has led to their systematic exclusion…”
I believe that there is another typo on the 5th paragraph that the word “variation” needs to be “variations”.
"Of course, most interfaces assume that none of this variation exists..."
Overall, I really enjoyed this chapter and is something I definitely feel passionately about especially as someone who has learning disabilities and ADHD. In the third paragraph, you discuss the idea that there are many people in the world who have some form of disability and that there is a stigma around it. This is my personal opinion more than an improvement to the chapter but I think what also makes designing for accessibility difficult is yes there is a stigma and sometimes people don’t want to tell anyone but what can also make it difficult to design for accessibility is that sometimes there is an element of learned helplessness and/or workarounds that people have adopted (and these behaviors become second nature over time). I think this can be especially true for the disabilities that people can’t see. Another thing that I think you could add in this chapter is that mental health can also affect how users interact with user interfaces and that we should consider how we design interfaces for them as well. Finally, I noticed a typo in the fifth paragraph from the top right below when you discuss universal design. I think you meant to write “Achieving universal design means achieving principles…” but instead it says “Achiving universal…”
Critique:
Spelling error, should be inability: “Or worse yet, they are not even in your social world, because in ability to use interfaces…”
Noticeable repetition of the word “whereas” at the beginning of sentences in the second to last paragraph.
Spelling error, I believe this should be possess: "That includes people who are blind, low-vision, color blind, deaf, hard of hearing, unable to speak, or posses speech impediments..."
Spelling error, needs an 'i' for disabilities: "And while the largest group of people with disabilities are those with vision issues, the long tail of other disabilites around speech, hearing, and motor ability, when combined, is just as large."
Spelling error, should be achieving: "Achiving universal design means achieving principles like...."
Plural for examples: "Both SUPPLE and SmartTouch are example of ability-based design..."
An eye doctor: "...such as dilated pupils after a eye doctor appointment."
What I thought was kind of interesting about the misspellings in this chapter were that they reminded me of one of my good work friends who has dyslexia. His emails would usually be written with these very simple typos or rearranged letters, but he was still understandable and when speaking to him in person he was brilliant. I actually think it could be interesting if this chapter, especially being about accessibility, addressed autocorrect technology too. Or even pointed out these mistakes? It may or may not work, but it did make me think more about accessibility – especially as computer screens damage my own vision.
1 When World Banks survey was mentioned, source was linked to the text but was not listed under citations at the end. 2 I believe there is a typo on the 2nd paragraph in the following sentence (listed below) on the word “inability” was written as “in ability” “…Or worse yet, they are not even in your social world, because in ability to use interfaces has led to their systematic exclusion…”
"Of course, most interfaces assume that none of this variation exists..."
Overall, I really enjoyed this chapter and is something I definitely feel passionately about especially as someone who has learning disabilities and ADHD. In the third paragraph, you discuss the idea that there are many people in the world who have some form of disability and that there is a stigma around it. This is my personal opinion more than an improvement to the chapter but I think what also makes designing for accessibility difficult is yes there is a stigma and sometimes people don’t want to tell anyone but what can also make it difficult to design for accessibility is that sometimes there is an element of learned helplessness and/or workarounds that people have adopted (and these behaviors become second nature over time). I think this can be especially true for the disabilities that people can’t see. Another thing that I think you could add in this chapter is that mental health can also affect how users interact with user interfaces and that we should consider how we design interfaces for them as well. Finally, I noticed a typo in the fifth paragraph from the top right below when you discuss universal design. I think you meant to write “Achieving universal design means achieving principles…” but instead it says “Achiving universal…”