The document discusses universal design and accessibility, particularly for those with dyslexia. It provides examples of universal design principles like flexibility, perceptible information, tolerance for error, and equitable use. It argues that universal design benefits all users by creating intuitive, accessible experiences for people of all cognitive abilities and limitations.

2. Put the Cards in Order

3. Reds and Blacks

4. Suit

5. Numerical

6. Red/Black + Numerical

7. Suit + Numerical

8. Could you find a specific car

9. What if…?

10. DESIGNING
FOR
COGNITIVE
ENGAGEMENT

11. What
is
DYSLEXIA?

12. The Human Body

13. Cracking the Code
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29261553@N08/12156197276/

15. One in Ten People is Dyslexic

16. Spelling
Trouble with Maps
Clumsiness
Short Term
Memory
Organization
Math

17. I make a lot of
mistakes while
writing, when I
reald I have to
always concenta’rate
a lot and stupid
small things disturb
me
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18. I am scarred to
pay things via
Internet ot to
take Money from
machine
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19. What
is
UNIVERSAL
DESIGN?

20. Universal Design
IS A PLAN
IS
ACCESSIBILITY
the way we measure that plan

21. The power of the
Web is in its
universality.
Access by everyone
regardless of
disability is an
essential aspect.-Sir Tim Berners-Lee
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22. Leveling the Playing Field

23. It’s not the
wheelchair that
makes a building
inaccessible…
It’s the stairs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erikschlicksbier/11319950195/

24. It’s not the user
that makes the web
inaccessible.
It’s the designer.

25. If a design is
accessible
it is not necessarily
universal
If a design is
universal,
then it must be
accessible

26. Examples of Universal Design

27. Examples of Universal Design

28. Examples of Universal Design

29. Examples of Universal Design

30. ONE EYEBALL AND ONE FINGER

31. www.polarb.com

32. UNIVERSAL DESIGN
for
DYSLEXICS
(and everyone else!)

33. Flexibility

34. www.imdb.com

35. www.imdb.com

36. Simple
and
Intuitive

37. ONE FINGER
ONE EYEBALL
ONE NIPPLE???

38. The only “intuitive”
interface is a nipple.
After that, it’s all
learned.
- Bruce Ediger
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39. www.npr.com

40. www.apartmenttherapy.com

41. Perceptible
Information

42. More Signal,
Less Noise

43. Boarding Passes are Confusing

44. www.sylion.com/flightcard/

45. www.musioapp.com

46. Colophon
Open
Dyslexic

47. Tolerance
for
Error

48. Spellcheck is Critical

49. Are You Sure?

50. Equitable
Use

51. Which User’s Cognition is Best?

52. Create a Better World for Everyon

53. Thank You!
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