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Innovations in Accessibility Designing for Digital Outcasts

Innovations in Accessibility Designing for Digital Outcasts. What’ s the answer?. What’ s the question?. http://www.boing boing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.html.

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Innovations in Accessibility Designing for Digital Outcasts

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  1. Innovations in Accessibility Designing for Digital Outcasts

  2. What’s the answer?

  3. What’s the question?

  4. http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.htmlhttp://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.html

  5. “I feel like technology is finally catching up with what I truly need.” ~ Glenda Watson Hyatt Author of “I’ll Do It Myself” bloghttp://www.doitmyselfblog.com/2010/the-ipad-as-an-affordable-communicator-initial-review/

  6. “Digital Outcasts” ~ Gareth White, University of SussexAuthor of “Toward Accessible 3D Virtual Environments for the Blind and Visually Impaired”Retrieved May 20, 2008 courtesy the authors fromhttp://blindsecondlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/paper-publication.html

  7. "Human beings exist along continuums of competence. Success is based upon adapting oneself to the needs of the surrounding environment." ~ Thomas ArmstrongAuthor of “The New Field of Neurodiversity: Why ‘Disabilities’ Are Essential to the Human Ecosystem”Retrieved July 28, 2010 from http://www.alternet.org/story/147107

  8. Niche Construction Modifying one’s surroundings according to one’s unique needs, in order to ensure success in life ~ Thomas Armstrong, from the article The New Field of Neurodiversity: Why ‘Disabilities’ Are Essential to the Human Ecosystemhttp://www.alternet.org/story/147107

  9. http://articles.philly.com/2011-01-03/news/26356248_1_haptics-cane-immersion-corphttp://articles.philly.com/2011-01-03/news/26356248_1_haptics-cane-immersion-corp

  10. MobileASL http://mobileasl.cs.washington.edu/

  11. http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/autism-iphone-breakthrough-from-tantrums-to-appy-days-20100416-sjjl.htmlhttp://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/autism-iphone-breakthrough-from-tantrums-to-appy-days-20100416-sjjl.html

  12. “My daughter is capable of a three- hour tantrum that leaves your ears ringing. With the phone showing exactly what she has requested, we see a huge reduction in (her) frustration." ~ Lisa DomicanCreator of the Grace app for iPad and iPhone http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/autism-iphone-breakthrough-from-tantrums-to-appy-days-20100416-sjjl.html

  13. "Mia is cognitively alert but unable to communicate. [iComm] has given her a voice for the first time and allowed us to understand her so much better." ~ Martin BrooksCreator of the iComm app for iPhone http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1276195/Father-creates-iPhone-app-gives-voice-severely-disabled-daughter.html

  14. iPhone Money Reader http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvfDnGMPrkI ~ LookTel Products http://www.looktel.com/products

  15. iPhone Money Reader http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvfDnGMPrkI ~ LookTel Products http://www.looktel.com/products

  16. Texting for the Blind DrawBraille Haptic Phone ~ Shikun SunSheffield Hallam University http://technabob.com/blog/2011/08/29/drawbraille-phone-concept/

  17. Touchscreens for the Blind Omnifer Braille iPad Case ~ Jayson D’AllessandroAuburn University http://www.tecca.com/news/2011/08/12/omnifer-braille-ipad-case/

  18. “Holly’s enthusiasm to read has grown so much, and it’s definitely increased her independence.” ~ Fiona Bligh Mother of Holly Bligh, a 9-year old with albino nystagmus http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/ipad-becomes-the-apple-of-hollys-eye/story-fn7x8me2-1226083773188

  19. iPad and the Blind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEDzitE2w_0

  20. iPad and the Blind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEDzitE2w_0

  21. “We’re living in a high-tech, low-touch society.”

  22. 5B

  23. 5B 2B http://www.nahc.org/facts/homecareStudy.html

  24. 28% of home health patients returnto the hospital Medicare Statistichttp://www.phd1.idaho.gov/homehealth/homehealthprofile.cfm

  25. 13% of Medicare surgical patients are readmitted within 30 days Medicare Statistichttp://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/10/10/prsa1010.htm

  26. 60% of patients fail to visit their primary care physician within two weeks of discharge Case Management Adherence Guidelineshttp://www.cmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/cmag2.pdf

  27. 125,000 Case Management Adherence Guidelineshttp://www.cmsa.org/portals/0/pdf/cmag2.pdf

  28. 30% improvement * Based on 20 patients recovering from stroke with average age of 61, undergoing eight 60-minute sessions over a period of two weeks ~ Dr. Gustavo Saposnik Director of the Stroke Outcomes Research Unit,St. Michael’s Hospital at the University of Torontohttp://dailycontributor.com/playing-wii-can-help-stroke-patients-recover-faster/13017/

  29. Kinect Therapy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCWYFo7HesA

  30. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/science/23avatar.html?_r=1

  31. “In a matter of minutes, people placed in front of the virtual mirror identify strongly with their ‘body’and psychologically inhabit it.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/science/23avatar.html?_r=1 ~ Jeremy BailensonDirector of the Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab

  32. ~ Electrocorticographic (ECoG) Brain ImplantsWadsworth Center Lab Albany, NY http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/the-cyborg-in-us-all.html?_r=1&ref=technology

  33. Computer Telepathy One epilepsy patient moved a ball across a computer screen simply by imagining a sound. ~ Electrocorticographic (ECoG) Brain ImplantsWadsworth Center Lab Albany, NY http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/the-cyborg-in-us-all.html?_r=1&ref=technology

  34. Virtual Pain Distraction http://worlds.ruc.dk/archives/3033 http://www.ampainsoc.org/pub/bulletin/spr05/inno1.htm

  35. Virtual Pain Distraction http://worlds.ruc.dk/archives/3033 http://www.ampainsoc.org/pub/bulletin/spr05/inno1.htm

  36. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/15/when-technology-gets-creepy-giving-birth-in-second-life/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/15/when-technology-gets-creepy-giving-birth-in-second-life/

  37. http://www.newswise.com/articles/people-with-disabilities-find-improved-quality-of-life-by-visiting-virtual-world-online-free-internet-site-used-by-millions-for-entertainment-now-serves-disabled-individualshttp://www.newswise.com/articles/people-with-disabilities-find-improved-quality-of-life-by-visiting-virtual-world-online-free-internet-site-used-by-millions-for-entertainment-now-serves-disabled-individuals

  38. BE Community for adolescent cancer patients http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/archives/2010/11/be-community.html

  39. “Patients feel empowered by support they find online and experience emotionally beneficial recognition from similar interactions.” ~ MetteHoybye, PhDCenter on Stress and Health Stanford University http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/archives/2010/11/be-community.html

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