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Ability-Based Design: Concept, Principles and Examples

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Wobbrock, Jacob O., Kane, Shaun K., Gajos, Krzysztof Z., Harada, Susumu, Froehlich, Jon·2011·ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
DOI 10.1145/1952383.1952384
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Current approaches to accessible computing share a common goal of making technology accessible to users with disabilities. Perhaps because of this goal, they may also share a tendency to centralize disability rather than ability. We present a refinement to these approaches called ability-based design that consists of focusing on ability throughout the design process in an effort to create systems that leverage the full range of human potential. Just as user-centered design shifted the focus of interactive system design from systems to users, ability-based design attempts to shift the focus of accessible design from disability to ability. Although prior approaches to accessible computing may consider users’ abilities to some extent, ability-based design makes ability its central focus. We offer seven ability-based design principles and describe the projects that inspired their formulation. We also present a research agenda for ability-based design.

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Authors
Wobbrock, J. O., Kane, S. K., Gajos, K. Z., Harada, S., & Froehlich, J.
Venue
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Published
2011-04
Volume
3
Issue
3
Pages
1-27
ISSN
  • 1936-7228 (ISSN-L)
  • 1936-7236
DOI
10.1145/1952383.1952384
OpenAlex
W2010361629
Cited by
567
References
117
FWCI
62.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
green
Licence
www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyright_policy#Background (vor)
Funders
Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS-0952786IIS-0811063)

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