Consejos para desarrollar páginas web más accesibles para las personas con discapacidad cognitiva

Los problemas de accesibilidad web asociados a la discapacidad cognitiva o intelectual se han estudiado muy poco. Por ello, las soluciones planteadas son muy escasas.

En Layout, Navigation and Support for Text on Websites – A Few Ideas se presentan algunos consejos:

Layout

Algunos consejos son:

• All necessary text on the screen
• San Serif font
• Font to be at least 14 point
• Headings used
• Alignment of text to left,
• Writing in black on white
• There should not be too much information on the screen – avoid clutter

Navigation

Algunos consejos son:

• Having a maximum of eight navigation buttons.
• Placing the constant buttons (to move between pages, to return to home) in a top navigation bar and with topic related buttons on the left side.

Supporting text

Algunos consejos son:

• Short sentences of speech linked to icons, the same sentence can be repeated as often as the person needs to clarify a point or refresh their memory.
• Short videos no longer than about 30-45 secs may work.
• A feature on videos to re-wind and play back – this already happens on sites such as You tube and BBC iplayer.