Learning Disabilities and E-Information : Navigating the Electronic Hypermaze
Learning Disabilities and E-Information : Navigating the Electronic Hypermaze
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Author(s): Williams, Peter
ISBN No.: 9781789731521
Pages: 200
Year: 202006
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 134.41
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Digital Technology is becoming ever more used by people with learning disabilities for information, entertainment, to socialise and enjoy self-expression. Despite this, there is a paucity of research into how this cohort negotiate electronic interfaces, interpret images, navigate pages and read online; what barriers there might be, and how these could be obviated. This book explores these important issues, establishing how page design, use of images and other factors facilitate or inhibit information access and information behaviour more generally. There are plenty of guidelines and accessibility standards regarding electronic information presentation, but most have been formulated without empirical evidence, or are outdated. Unlike prior literature this book is the result of many years' research in the field, considers specific information contexts, and develops new concepts in information behaviour. The book is written in non-technical, jargon-free language, and is relevant for academics, students and professionals; from human-computer interaction researchers, learning disability specialists and information scientists to formal and informal carers and supporters, college tutors, family members and others.


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