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A. FirthPractical Web Inclusion and Accessibilityhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5452-3_7

7. Mental Health

Ashley Firth1 
(1)
London, UK
 

Design is what mediates our interaction with the internet. It’s the language we read it in. It’s not too much to ask that that language is comprehensible and honest.1

Of all the disabilities we have discussed so far, mental health impairments have arguably seen the biggest increase in exposure over the last few years. Consequently, at the time of writing, the way we think about mental health is in a state of flux. While some mental health disorders, like depression and anxiety, are fairly well understood, the way we categorise and define other conditions is constantly changing – just like ...

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