Accessible telecommunications information for people with communication impairment Owens, Janet 2002, Accessible telecommunications information for people with communication impairment, in Technology and disability: research, design, practice and policy, RESNA, Arlington, Va., pp. 198-200. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Accessible telecommunications information for people with communication impairment Author(s) Owens, Janet Conference name RESNA International Conference (25th: 2002 Jun. 27 - Jul 1: Minneapolis, Minn.) Conference location Minneapolis, Minn. Conference dates 27 June- 1 July. 2002 Title of proceedings Technology and disability: research, design, practice and policy Editor(s) Simpson, Richard Publication date 2002 Start page 198 End page 200 Publisher RESNA Place of publication Arlington, Va. Summary Study investigating the telecommunication information needs of people with communication disabilities in Australia. Participants were informed about the project through flyers, letters, e-mail, disability agency contacts, and Web sites. A survey with multiple choice and closed and open-ended items was developed. People with communication disabilities used a hard-copy survey format to facilitate completion. Sixty-five participants age eighteen and over from Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Queensland completed the survey. Preliminary results of the study indicated that the participants requested six text-based adaptations: (1) make information clear and easy to read and understand, (2) use larger print, (3) highlight the key points, (4) use dot points, (5) use visual information, such as photos and communication symbols, and (6) provide a range of oral/audio and visual formats for information. The accessibility characteristics requested by the participants called for the development of text and Web-based formats, and for the development of inclusive design guidelines. The authors concluded that further investigation was required to determine the best possible method of making the information accessible. ISBN 9780932101440 0932101445 ISSN 0883-4741 Language eng Field of Research 110321 Rehabilitation and Therapy (excl Physiotherapy) HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2002, RESNA Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30004736 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health Sciences   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 16 Jan 2009, 12:58:51 EST Tue, 08 Jun 2010, 13:03:35 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 08:33:09 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 654 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:40:51 EST