Teaching Accessibility Fundamental Concepts

& Skills

A set of fundamental concepts and skills necessary to understand and implement inclusive design and development of technology for people with diverse abilities, including people with disabilities.

Teaching Accessibility Fundamental Concepts & Skills

Teaching Accessibility Fundamental Concepts & Skills is available as a downloadable PDF.

Teaching Accessibility Fundamental Concepts & Skills

Teaching Accessibility Fundamental Concepts & Skills. The members of Teach Access have identified a set of Fundamental Concepts and Skills necessary to understand and implement inclusive design and development of technology for people with diverse abilities, including people with disabilities. The document was prepared at the request of numerous faculty, to guide the infusion of these topics into mainstream courses in design, computer science, engineering, human-computer interaction, user experience, industrial design, usability, ergonomics and related fields. Resources for teaching these materials are widely available, and a curated collection will be posted in the Teach Access Resource Center. Understanding Disability, Common types of disabilities & current demographics - understanding ability from a functional approach and the impact of disability in daily living activities, Physical and Sensory, Vision (Blindness & Low Vision), Hearing, Motor, Speech, Physical, Cognitive, Memory, Problem-Solving, Attention, Thinking, Reading, Linguistic and Verbal Comprehension, Math Comprehension, Visual Comprehension, Concepts, Temporary, Permanent, Situational limitations, Spectrum of ability, Experiences, Videos of and meetings with self-advocates and family members, Video Conferencing with representatives from advocacy organizations, Videos of engineers and computer scientists who have worked on accessibility, relating their experience., Societal Context & Historical Perspective, Identity & Cultural Norms, Establishment of regulatory requirements & standards