The aim of this research project is to develop an accessible office workstation for disabled users. This includes investigating various input and output devices that can be used by disabled users and incorporating them into a workstation application to increase bandwidth for each user.

1. H A R D T O R E A C H U S E R S
E A S Y T O R E A C H P L A C E S

2. A B O U T U S
M I C H A E L
C R A B B
R A C H E L
M E N Z I E S
@ m i k e _ c r a b b @ r a c h e l _ m e n z i e s

3. P E O P L E L I K E M E

5. U S E R C E N T R E D

6. The aim of this research project is to develop an accessible office
workstation for a disabled user.
This includes investigating the various types of input and output devices
that are currently available and can be used by a disabled user, and
incorporating a selection of these in a workstation application, thereby
increasing the bandwidth available to each user.
Extraordinary Computer/Human Operation
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
Volume 28, Issue 1

7. The aim of this research project is to develop an accessible office
workstation for a disabled user.
This includes investigating the various types of input and output devices
that are currently available and can be used by a disabled user, and
incorporating a selection of these in a workstation application, thereby
increasing the bandwidth available to each user.
Extraordinary Computer/Human Operation
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development
Volume 28, Issue 1
1991

10. H A R D T O R E A C H ?
W H A T D O W E M E A N B Y

11. O L D E R
A D U L T S
A A C
U S E R S
A P H A S I A

12. O L D E R
A D U L T S
D R O P I N S E S S I O N
4 D A Y S A W E E K 1 0 : 0 0 - 1 2 : 0 0
E X A M P L E P R O J E C T
• W e b I n t e r f a c e s f o r O l d e r A d u l t s
• S e a r c h I n t e r f a c e C o m p a r i s o n s
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S
6 5 + Y e a r s O l d
S t a n d a r d I s s u e s f a c e d b y O A p o p u l a t i o n

13. A A C
U S E R S
D R O P I N S E S S I O N
E X A M P L E P R O J E C T
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S
1 D A Y A W E E K 1 2 : 0 0 - 1 4 : 0 0
A u g m e n t a t i v e a n d A l t e r n a t i v e C o m m u n i c a t i o n
• B o a r d G a m e s f o r A A C U s e r s
• H o w w a s S c h o o l t o d a y

14. A P H A S I A
D R O P I N S E S S I O N
E X A M P L E P R O J E C T
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S
1 D A Y A W E E K 1 2 : 0 0 - 1 4 : 0 0
L a n g u a g e I m p a i r m e n t , c o m m o n l y c a u s e d
f r o m a s t r o k e
• W e b I n t e r f a c e s f o r O l d e r A d u l t s
• S e a r c h I n t e r f a c e C o m p a r i s o n s

15. T H E U S E R C E N T R E

16. C R E A T E S V A L U E F O R …

17. B Y T E S A N D B L E T H E R S
T H E U S E R C E N T R E

18. 2 0 0 5
U S E R C E N T R E O P E N S
D R O P I N
S E S S I O N S
R E S E A R C H
P A R T I C I P A T I O N
T E A C H I N G
D E V E L O P M E N T

19. D R P A U L A F O R B E S
U N I V E R S I T Y C O O R D I N A T O R
2 0 0 5 - 2 0 1 2
U S E R C E N T R E C O M M I T T E E
C O O R D I N A T I O N G R O U P
2 0 1 2 - O N W A R D S

20. T H E U S E R C E N T R E H A S I N T R O D U C E D M E T O T H E
I N T E R N E T A L L O W I N G M E T O D E V E L O P M Y I N T E R E S T
I N P H O T O G R A P H Y .
L E A R N I N G T O N A V I G A T E T H E I N T E R N E T H A S O P E N E D
U P A W H O L E N E W W O R L D O F K N O W L E D G E F O R M E

24. A pool of representative users for accessibility research: seeing through the eyes of the users
doi://10.1145/2845088

26. R E S E A R C H
W O R K S H O P S
F O C U S
G R O U P S
C O - D E S I G N
W O R K S H O P S
Q U E S T I O N N A I R E S /
S U R V E Y S
I N T E R V I E W S
E X P E R I M E N T A L
S T U D I E S
• T H E S T U D Y O F E L D E R L Y D R I V E R S
• A P R O T O C O L F O R S O F T W A R E - S U P P O R T E D I N T E R A C T I O N
W I T H B R O A D C A S T D E B A T E S
• P E R S U A S I V E D I A L O G U E I N T E L E C A R E : P R O M O T I N G A N D
E N C O U R A G I N G S O C I A L I N T E R A C T I O N F O R O L D E R
A D U L T S
• I N V E S T I G A T I N G R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S F O R I N C L U S I V E
S O C I A L N E T W O R K I N G A N D O L D E R A D U L T S
• C O - D E S I G N I N G A P P E A L I N G W E A R A B L E S W I T H C A R E
H O M E R E S I D E N T S
• A Q U E S T I O N N A I R E T O G A U G E O L D E R A D U L T S ’ I N T E R E S T
I N U S I N G M O B I L E P H O N E S A S M E M O R Y A I D S
• D E S I G N I N G F O R I N D I V I D U A L S : U S A B L E T O U C H - S C R E E N
I N T E R A C T I O N T H R O U G H S H A R E D U S E R M O D E L S
• A G E - S P E C I F I C P R E D I C T I V E M O D E L S O F H U M A N
P E R F O R M A N C E
• A G E , T E C H N O L O G Y U S A G E , A N D C O G N I T I V E
C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S I N R E L A T I O N T O P E R C E I V E D
D I S O R I E N T A T I O N A N D R E P O R T E D W E B S I T E E A S E O F U S E

27. https://vimeo.com/41354629 - Social Inclusion Through the Digital Economy (2007)

28. C O N S E N T P R O C E S S

29. B E N E F I T O F A G A T E K E E P E R

30. S T R A I G H T T A L K I N G G R O U P
T H E U S E R C E N T R E

31. R E P L A C E O R S U P P O R T
C O M M U N I C A T I V E I N T E N T
V A R I E D L E V E L S O F T E C H N O L O G Y
V A R I E D L E V E L S O F L I T E R A C Y

32. “Great session. Good to help overcome first impressions and to
see complex communication people just like other people.”

33. A C E - L P
S T O R I E S
A T T H E
D E N T I S T
H O W
W A S
S C H O O L
T O D A Y
P H O N I C S T I C K

34. G A T E K E E P E R
P R O T E C T I O N O F V U L N E R A B L E G R O U P S
U N D E R 1 8 s
E X T E N D E D C O N S E N T F O R M
Ethical Considerations

35. T A P A N D T A L K
T H E U S E R C E N T R E

38. 8 - W E E K P R O J E C T
F I E L D T R I P S
B U I L D I N G A C O M M U N I T Y
Tap & Talk & See

39. G A T E K E E P E R
S U P P O R T F R O M N H S S T A F F
F R U S T R A T I O N
Ethical Considerations

40. K E Y L E S S O N S

41. O L D E R
A D U L T S
A A C
U S E R S
A P H A S I A

43. B U Y I N F R O M A L L S T A K E H O L D E R S
UNIVERSITY
RESEARCHERS
TEACHERS
USERS
GATEKEEPER

44. 1. D E S I G N A T E D S P A C E
2. D O N ’ T R U S H I T
3. S E N S E O F B E L O N G I N G
4. C O M M U N I C A T I O N W I T H I N T H E G R O U P
5. E T H I C A L C O N S I D E R A T I O N S
C O M M O N T H E M E S

45. BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE SPACE AND SENSE OF BELONGING ….
A COMMUNITY EMERGES

47. T H E U S E R C E N T R E