[WG: Accessibility] Fwd: Some useful design resources wrt to accessibility/inclusiveness (personas, and design process)

[Eli Cochran]

Some really useful personas for a broad range of disabilities. 

- Eli 

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> From: James William Yoon <jyoon at ocad.ca>
> Date: November 12, 2010 2:16:09 PM PST
> To: fluid-work at fluidproject.org
> Cc: Colin Clark <cclark at ocad.ca>, Jess Mitchell <jess at jessmitchell.com>
> Subject: Some useful design resources wrt to accessibility/inclusiveness (personas, and design process)
> 
> Hello,
> 
> In thinking about OER users (learners with varying dis/abilities, in/from varying environments & cultures, etc.), I looked into various sets of personas that are already openly available. I was pleased to find that our AEGIS friends delivered a fairly extensive library of non-context specific personas of people with disabilities here:
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> http://www.aegis-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=53
> 
> On its own, it's not enough to characterize OER users, but it provides a nice starting point for exploring the edge cases.
> 
> At the same time, I ran into a book written by Shawn Henry about ways to incorporate accessibility thinking into the design process. This seems like an interesting analogue/complement/overlap to the work we've been doing in the Design Handbook and Inclusive Learning Handbook, and thought it worthwhile to pass along:
> 
> http://www.uiaccess.com/accessucd/index.html
> 
> Cheers,
> James
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Eli Cochran
manager of user experience
user interaction developer
ETS, UC Berkeley

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