BETTER-Project: Web Accessibility for Persons with Mental Disorders

The paper outlines a methodology proposed to give impetus to a collaborative effort involving integral stakeholders to determine whether Web accessibility facilitation measures must be adapted for people with depression and anxiety, and if so, in what way(s). The methodology has three-phases: (1) id...

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Published inHuman-Computer Interaction: Users and Contexts pp. 25 - 34
Main Authors Bernard, Renaldo, Sabariego, Carla, Baldwin, David, Abou-Zahra, Shadi, Cieza, Alarcos
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2015
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Anxiety
Depression
Mental disorders
Protocol
Web accessibility
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Summary:The paper outlines a methodology proposed to give impetus to a collaborative effort involving integral stakeholders to determine whether Web accessibility facilitation measures must be adapted for people with depression and anxiety, and if so, in what way(s). The methodology has three-phases: (1) identification of Web accessibility barriers using two data sources: a systematic review of pertinent literature and focus group interviews with people with depression and anxiety; (2) validation of current Web accessibility facilitation measures for this population using experimental user-testing; (3) provision of expertise-based recommendations for the improvement of Web accessibility facilitation measures using a delphi method. If adopted, the study’s findings are expected to herald improvements in the Web browsing experiences of people with depression and anxiety, and also everyone else who use the Web.
ISBN:331921005X
9783319210056
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-21006-3_3