Video Games, Mobile Health, Virtual Reality and Accessibility
Update covering a number of recent trends in emerging, inclusive technology, including video games for people with disabilities, mobile health tools for K-12 students, and the use of virtual reality for pain distraction.
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New Technology for Older People
George Bernard Shaw is often credited with the quote that “youth is wasted on the young,” and many people believe the same could be said of technology. However, there is a growing number of case studies demonstrating that older folks appreciate the benefits of high tech, and there are applications for people with disabilities as well.
Web Accessibility and Aging Task Force
Members of the WAI-AGE task force met recently, as they do every other week, to continue and review their work advocating accessibility of the Web for the elderly and people with disabilities. The intended outcome of this 36-month project is to develop and endorse extensions of the W3C/WAI with regard to the specific needs of the elderly.
Designing for Baby Boomers
Many of the benefits of web accessibility can also be applied to sites targeted for Baby Boomers. As more and more people enter their late 50′s/early 60′s, we must take into account this rapidly growing online demographic. Last month the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) produced a document exploring this very topic.
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