Aims of INMD
The aims of Inclusive New Media Design are:
- To examine ways in which socially inclusive new media might be designed for disabled communities, particularly intellectually disabled communities
- To contribute towards the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the WWW.
including people with intellectual disabilities
working towards maximum accessibility
The objectives are:
- To explore the place of web accessibility guidelines within the practices of new media designers and within creative design processes
- To explore the factors which affect the take up of accessibility guidelines and the accessibility ethos (for example, clients’ priorities and interests)
- To examine the effectiveness of guidelines as a way of achieving accessible web design
- To examine the effectiveness of approaches other than guidelines as a way of achieving accessible web design (for example, the inclusion of intellectually disabled users in the design process, or demonstrations of exemplary accessible web design)
- To disseminate findings amongst relevant academics, new media designers and developers and key international bodies such as W3C.
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