Resources related to the Cognitive, Language, and Learning Discussion Group

The resources below provide further insight into the problems and solutions related to Web access for people with cognitive, language, and learning (CLL) disabilties:


Groups working on cognitive, language, and learning disabilities & access to the Web


Resources on Web Access and CLL


Research on cognitive, language, and learning disabilities and access to the Web

  • Buckley S. J   (n.d.) Reading and writing for individuals with Down syndrome - An overview. Down Syndrome Information Network, http://information.downsed.org/library/dsii/07/01/.
  • Freeman, E., Clare, L., Savitch, N., Royan, L., Litherland, R., and Lindsay, M. (2005) Improving website accessibility for people with early-stage dementia: A preliminary investigation. Aging & Mental Health, September 2005, 9, pp. 442Ð448.
  • Harrysson, B., Svensk, A., & Johansson, G. I. (2004). How People with Developmental Dis-abilities Navigate the Internet. British Journal of Special Education, 31, pp. 138-142.
  • Redish, J. (2000) Readability formulas have even more limitations than Klare discusses. ACM Journal of Computer Documentation, 24, pp. 132-137.
  • Rose, D.H. and Meyer, A. (2002) Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
  • Small, J., Schallau, P., Brown, K., and Appleyard, R. (2005). Web accessibility for people with cognitive disabilities. In CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Comput-ing Systems (Portland, OR, USA, April 02 - 07, 2005). CHI '05. ACM Press, New York, NY, pp. 1793-1796.

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