Our next workshop will be at the ACM SIGCHI conference CHI 2010 on April 10, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

We have submitted an extended abstract (.pdf) for this workshop in CHI format.

Aims of the workshop

Many people do not read easily. They may have a visual problem or dyslexia. They
may have not have had opportunities to learn to read, or be reading in stressful
conditions or poor light, or perhaps they are reading in a second language.
Is it possible to provide one consistent set of guidelines or approaches that will allow
designers to meet all the apparently diverse needs of these people? Or are there
compromises to be made?

We will:

• Share our experiences and critique a framework for capturing them
• Try applying some guidelines to a design problem
• Explore the question of whether one approach can work for all, or whether compromises are necessary.

The workshop participants

Ginny Redish, Redish & Associates, Inc. Ginny's position paper (.pdf - 20Kb)

Naushad UzZaman, University of Rochester. Position paper by Naushad UzZaman, Jeffrey P. Bigham and James F. Allen (.doc - 300Kb)

Jeffrey P. Bigham, University of Rochester. Jeff's position paper (.pdf - 285 Kb)

Angela Colter, University of Baltimore. Angela's position paper (.doc - 43 Kb)

Jenny Darzentas, Jenny's position paper (.doc - 53 Kb)

Cosmin Munteanu, National Research Council Canada. Cosmin's position statement and paper

Clayton Lewis, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities. Clayton's position statement

Shawn Henry, W3C WAI. Shawn's position statement

Nancy Frishberg, MSB Associates. Nancy's position statement and paper

Barbara Ballard, Little Springs Design. Barbara's position statement

Kel Smith, Anikto. Kel's position paper (.pdf - 1.43 Mb)

The workshop organisers

This workshop is organised by:

Caroline Jarrett, Effortmark Ltd (and contact point for correspondence: caroline.jarrett@effortmark.co.uk), Caroline's position statement
Dr Kathryn Summers, University of Baltimore. Kathryn's position paper (.doc - 54Kb)
Professor Helen Petrie, University of York