[games_access] Accessibility Terminology

[Thomas Westin]

Yes that it was I tell my students too; they usually get more interesting data that way

And yes, accessibility is a legal term regarding disability, but the use of accessibility solutions may benefit more users, which I wanted to find out with my study. 

On a sidenote, accessibility is a problematic term since it may mean different things in different contexts, e.g. access to information in security research, is balanced to personal integrity etc and has little to do with the understanding of or interaction with information, as with accessibility for disabled. So when I talk to people outside of the disability context, I usually try to add "for disabled", i.e. accessibility for disabled, even this means I act against knowing better about the potential use of the solutions.

Mvh / Best regards
Thomas Westin
Stockholm University :: dsv.su.se :: +46 73-707 86 86

On 19Mar 2012, at 3:31 PM, Ian Hamilton wrote:

> I once worked with a consultant who advocated user testing being carried out solely with people with disabilities, rather than a representative proportion.. a bit controversial, but makes perfect sense. 

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