<p>People with disabilities constitute a big group of Internet users. Due to great advances in adaptive technology for people with disabilities more and more disabled will have access to Internet. For that reason it is extremely important for a web developer to be aware of different disabilities that complicate or prevent using Internet, different adaptive technologies that facilitate using Internet and different methods, both in design and programming, that make Internet accessible for people with disabilities.</p><p>In this report we have dealt with three problems:</p><p>• Which types of disabilities that complicate or prevent using Internet?</p><p>• Which types of adaptive technologies are available concerning using Internet?</p><p>• How can a web developer or programmer increase the accessibility to Internet for people with disabilities?To investigate how disabled people use adaptive technologies and which difficulties they experience when using Internet we have interviewed people with various types of disabilities.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hj-9787 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Al Attar, Haidar, Melle, Ghada |
| Publisher | Jönköping University, JTH, Computer and Electrical Engineering, Jönköping University, JTH, Computer and Electrical Engineering |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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