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Digital Outcasts

by Kel Smith

March 2013

Beginner to intermediate

288 pages

9h 12m

English

Morgan Kaufmann

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What this Book is AboutWho Should Read this Book?How to Read this Book
IntroductionWhat is the Question?A Growing DemographicOur Attitude Toward DisabilityDigital Natives, Digital Immigrants, and Digital OutcastsWalking on the Moon: A Lesson in Self-Preservation

The Continuum of Human CompetenceUnderstanding the Social Impact of DisabilityHow People with Disabilities Use TechnologyOf Bees and Chess: Adapting and EvolvingCase Study: Lost Voice Guy
Understanding DesignAccessibility vs UsabilityValues-Based DesignBeyond Accessibility to Inclusion
Building a Business RationaleWhy Lawsuits Don’t Always WorkDisability and Employment RightsBuilding Innovative Accessibility Teams
“What If?” vs “So What?”Defining InnovationThe “Post-PC” Era of Assistive DevicesInnovation and the Digital OutcastCase Study: A Better Way to Buy Groceries
A “High-Tech, Low-Touch” SocietyThe Importance of ReinforcementVideo Game AccessibilityThe Space between: Patient Rehabilitation and Accessible GamingComputers in Your ClothesMotion Sensitive: Using the Kinect to ConnectCase Study: This is the Cabinet that Turns You into Paul McCartney
Exploring a Parallel WorldWhere Mind and Body MeetCybertherapy and the Rubber Hand IllusionVirtual Communities of PracticeCase Study: Snowmen and Spiders
The New GreenEverybody Wants to Rule the WorldProduct Design as Social ResponsibilityThe Things We do for LoveCase Study: It Takes a Village
Embodied Interaction Through the SensesTouching and Not TouchingCognitive ComputingThe Ethics of Cyberhumanity
Killing the Digital Outcast StereotypeThe Future of Web AccessibilityWe are all Digital OutcastsWalking on the Moon: Aftermath

Overview

The blind person who tries to make an online purchase. The young girl who cannot speak due to a cognitive disability. The man confined to his home due to permanent injury. The single mother with a long-term illness who struggles to feed her family.With one in seven people worldwide currently living with a disability, the term "outcast" covers numerous scenarios. Digital outcasts rely on technology for everyday services that many people take for granted. However, poorly designed products risk alienating this important (and growing) population.Through a "grass roots" approach to innovation, digital outcasts are gradually taking action to transform their lives and communities. This emerging trend provides exciting learning opportunities for all of us.Citing real-world case studies from healthcare to social science, this book examines the emerging legal and cultural impact of inclusive design.

Gain a better understanding of how people with disabilities use technology
Discover pitfalls and approaches to help you stay current in your UX practices
Anticipate a future in which ambient benefit can be achieved for people of all abilities and backgrounds