Nuanced Perspectives Toward Disability Simulations from Digital Designers, Blind, Low Vision, and Color Blind People

Tigwell, Garreth W.

doi:10.1145/3411764.3445620

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“…One alternative research approach is to replace blind people with sighted individuals who have their eyes blindfolded (see, e.g., Law & Vanderheiden, 1999, 2000). In our view (shared with others s.a. Bennett & Rosner, 2019; Tigwell, 2021), this is an inappropriate choice in terms of additional issues that come with being blind, such as a heightened use of alternative sensory modalities, expertise in finding alternative ways to compensate for lack of sight and experience in using technology without sight and more. Thus, the decision made in this project was to engage people who are blind.…”

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Listening to or looking at models: Learning about dynamic complex systems in science among learners who are blind and learners who are sighted

Peleg,

Lahav,

Hagab

et al. 2023

Computer Assisted Learning

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BackgroundStudents who are blind are integrated into public schools in many countries, yet are often excluded from full participation in science since most learning materials are visual. To create a compensatory route, an existing model‐based inquiry‐learning environment was adapted by means of sonification (addition of non‐speech sounds that represent dynamic information). The learning environment uses agent‐based models and a complex systems approach to teach the Kinetic Molecular Theory (KMT) and Gas Laws. The models are accompanied by a workbook consisting of text (printed or auditory) and images (printed or tactile).ObjectivesThe current research examined whether such perceptual compensation creates a comparable learning environment for learners who are blind compared with learners who are sighted using the original learning environment. The aim of the study is to expand knowledge about how the auditory channel may compensate the visual channel among individuals who are blind.MethodsConceptual learning in science and reasoning about complex systems were assessed using pre‐ and post‐questionnaires. To explore learners' learning progression throughout the unit, four progression analysis ‘windows’ were selected. These were groups of adjacent or nearly adjacent items in the workbook that permitted a glimpse of learners' progression.ResultsThe sonified environment not only supported the learning of learners who are blind compared with the learning of learners who are sighted using visual material, but even furthered their learning with respect to diffusion, one of the more challenging concepts in KMT. It seems the types of sonified representations used in this study increased listeners' sensitivity to the micro‐level interactions in a way less accessible in visual representations.TakeawaysSonified environments can be provide learners who are blind with equitable participation by compensating and complementing the visual channel. Sonification can have implications for students who are blind as well as students who are sighted.

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Listening to or looking at models: Learning about dynamic complex systems in science among learners who are blind and learners who are sighted

Peleg,

Lahav,

Hagab

et al. 2023

Computer Assisted Learning

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“…There is a diversity of disability (visual impairment) simulation tools that help the designer in the process of applying accessibility to the platforms. These simulations are widely used with the intention of educating and generating interest in designers regarding the importance of thinking about accessibility during interface development, as well as serving as a guide for the application of accessibility guidelines in platforms (Goodman-Deane, 2007; Barney, 2012;Tigwell, 2021), since these simulations reveal the possible accessibility issues of the interface layout, allowing designers to understand the problematic scenarios that users with disabilities face when using the service (Tigwell, 2021;Keates & Looms, 2014;Kamikubo, 2018).…”

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“…Although these tools bring certain benefits to designers, especially for professionals who work in a more dynamic environment such as organizations, according to some studies, simulation tools are inefficient and bring ethical problems (Tigwell, 2021). Moreover, they can also develop misconceptions regarding users' experiences when using an interface and misidentification of the disability being simulated (Bennett & Rosner, 2019;Nario-Redmond et al, 2017;Keates & Looms, 2014).…”

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“…Besides, designers unconsciously tend to assimilate users into their own identities, according to Costanza-Chock (2020). Another point is that designers do not understand these adverse effects that can occur when using only the simulations as to replace users, causing stereotypes and misunderstandings during the design process (Tigwell, 2021).…”

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“…Another critical point that leads an interface to have a low level of accessibility, or even no accessibility at all, is the designers' lack of knowledge regarding the topic (Oikonomou et al, 2010;Lawrence & Bellard, 2017.;Crabb et al, 2019;Tigwell, 2021). Many designers even do not know how to define what accessibility is because it is a very broad term (Cherise et al, 2022).…”

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Sardella,

Quaresma

2023

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings

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The subject of accessibility has been gaining prominence and space in the academic literature in recent years, with the advance of technology. However, there is still little discussion about the challenges designers face in applying accessibility to digital interfaces in a dynamic environment, such as the job market, and the impact this has on the accessibility of the interface and the service provided. This paper aims to bring a discussion and reflection about how the process of applying accessibility in interfaces happens inside organizations and how designers deal with the subject – raising questions regarding the value in use of the service delivered to users with disabilities. For this, a literature review was carried out, in which it was possible to identify that most digital interfaces are still not accessible for the final customer with disabilities, making the value of use questionable.

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Nuanced Perspectives Toward Disability Simulations from Digital Designers, Blind, Low Vision, and Color Blind People

Cited by 39 publications

References 53 publications

Listening to or looking at models: Learning about dynamic complex systems in science among learners who are blind and learners who are sighted

Listening to or looking at models: Learning about dynamic complex systems in science among learners who are blind and learners who are sighted

What is the value of using a non-accessible service for users with disabilities?

VisionPainter: Authoring Experience of Visual Impairment in Virtual Reality

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