The power of inclusion is about software and technology fo people with disabilities. I talk about people with disabilities and about how accessible software and apps can help this people
My second presentation about inclusion and software for people with disabilities. This time in London. A lot of topics added.
Added topics since last talk / version:
Inclusive software guidelines (Simplify the layout, Color by function, text to speech....
Digital difficulties for people with disabilities
Which apps and software do I use?
Pricing and market fit.
How to Make Sure Your Website Is Usable (ASA/AIA 2014)Kate Finn
Presented on March 11, 2014 at Aging Society of America's "Aging in America" conference in San Diego. Poor usability affects almost everyone, but affects Older Adults (OAs) more severely, more frequently. We discuss age-related changes and characteristics (visual, auditory, motor, cognitive, affective/attitudinal), and show examples of how these changes impact the user's experience. We recommend guidelines to follow for maximizing the usability of the web or app experience, along with examples of what to do and what to avoid doing.
Website Design for Senior Citizens is a presentation given to a graduate class at University of Baltimore which looks at design heuristics web developers and designers should consider when developing a website for seniors and the general population.
A library for everyone - Designing for Digital, Austin 2017
All of the tools and principles of an excellent user experience also support accessibility, just as web design that is responsive to diversity of devices is also responsive to a diversity of human needs.
My second presentation about inclusion and software for people with disabilities. This time in London. A lot of topics added.
Added topics since last talk / version:
Inclusive software guidelines (Simplify the layout, Color by function, text to speech....
Digital difficulties for people with disabilities
Which apps and software do I use?
Pricing and market fit.
How to Make Sure Your Website Is Usable (ASA/AIA 2014)Kate Finn
Presented on March 11, 2014 at Aging Society of America's "Aging in America" conference in San Diego. Poor usability affects almost everyone, but affects Older Adults (OAs) more severely, more frequently. We discuss age-related changes and characteristics (visual, auditory, motor, cognitive, affective/attitudinal), and show examples of how these changes impact the user's experience. We recommend guidelines to follow for maximizing the usability of the web or app experience, along with examples of what to do and what to avoid doing.
Website Design for Senior Citizens is a presentation given to a graduate class at University of Baltimore which looks at design heuristics web developers and designers should consider when developing a website for seniors and the general population.
A library for everyone - Designing for Digital, Austin 2017
All of the tools and principles of an excellent user experience also support accessibility, just as web design that is responsive to diversity of devices is also responsive to a diversity of human needs.
What does it take to get from barrier-free to delightful experiences?
Meeting basic accessibility requirements is a critical first step. But let’s dream bigger. Let’s aim for accessible UX – great user experience for everyone. Creating innovations that include a more diverse range of interaction styles, and designs that are both inclusive and delightful starts by bringing together the whole team — from content to code. It means thinking about people, not just technology. It means finding allies and partners, new ways of working, making our tools really usable, and helping everyone manage change.
Updated May 2017
Versions presented at PhillyCHI, AccessU, IA Summit, Accessing Higher Ground
UX professionals have quickly become vital members of IT project and service design teams. However there are many instances they struggle to have the impact they should.
This brief presentations reviews the roles and responsibilities UX professionals have in teams, reviewing their power to influence others and create wonderful experiences for all.
2019.9.19 @ Chuo University. Fujitsu-JAIMS Foundation: Global Leaders for Innovation and Knowledge Program (GLIK)
GLIK2019S JF-505 [Sponsored by Fujitsu] Shaping tomorrow with you.
Challenges of the GLIK capstone program:
---
You work on a project in which you formulate a plan for innovation to create new value for the community to which you belong such as a company, an institute, an NPO, a local community, or a country, utilizing the knowledge you acquired through the program. The project could be based on what you have been working on, but it has to be your own project.
---
You went to a lot of trouble to put that content online. Plain language will help your audience find it, understand it and use it. Writing clearly makes information more accessible – and usable – for people who don’t read well, are reading in a second language, or are listening to the text. That means better informed users, happier customers, and fewer angry support calls.
Updated for AccessU 2017
Long descriptions of images are in the speaker notes
2017.3.9 @ Chuo University.
Fujitsu-JAIMS Foundation: Global Leaders for Innovation and Knowledge Program (GLIK)
GLIK2017S MF-504 Capstone Project (March 9th)
http://www.jaims.jp/en/program/concept/index.html
How can agencies engage volunteers in supporting a more included life in the...LiveWorkPlay
Presentation to the Gathering on Person-Centred Practices, October 22-23, Thorold, Ontario.
How can agencies engage volunteers in supporting a more included life in the community for people with intellectual disabilities?
Keenan Wellar, MA and Julie Kingstone, MEd
Co-Founders & Co-Leaders, LiveWorkPlay
Starting in 2008, LiveWorkPlay embarked on a journey of “de-programming” by making a shift from congregated programs
to authentic community-based supports and outcomes based
on flexible and individualized person-centered planning.
At the core of this transformation, the agency dramatically expanded the size and scope of its volunteer team. This has changed the organization, it has changed lives, and it is changing the community.
Corporate Social Responsibility and People with DisabilitiesOmid Omidvar
Constituting the biggest minority on the planet, people with disabilities (PWD), endure many trials and tribulations including prejudice in the workplace, discomfort in using public transportation, fallacious preconceptions, lack of representativeness, etc.
How to engage the potentiality of PWD in economic development, social engagement and environmental integrity
The role of companies
The role of government (Social Responsibility of the State)
The role of Civil Society Organizations
Open data and apps for people with a handicap
How to make your new kind of open data? How can you translate data to people with a mental disability? In this talk I talk about the opportunity to work with data from other organizations that work in the sector for people with a disability, rather than the Government. And most of all how you can make them accessible with apps specific made for people who haven't the mental capacity to read / write!
Embracing Opportunity & Risk: Delivering Supports In & With Our Local Communi...LiveWorkPlay
Keynote speech to the Wisconsin Integrated Employment conference, September 19, 2012 in Wisconsin Dells. The focus of the presentation was employment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the context of risk-taking for non-profit organizations.
Skills capital:How investing time and hard work now in practicing some of the...Cheryl Ryan Chan
Caregivers should always have an eye on the future, the time beyond themselves, when new caregivers will be taking
over. We want the next people in our loved ones lives to be ready to take on the duties we carry out, but are they all
REALLY necessary? Are we doing things that they could learn to do themselves, in whole or in part? Are we expecting
that the next caregivers will do things exactly as we do? This is a dangerous presumption, because it is certain that they
will not. So, how do we use the time now to work on skills that will make them more prepared, safer, less vulnerable,
give them more dignity and pride in themselves?
Smart Solutions for Child Safety Best Kids Trackers and Devices App.pdfCloudBlue1
Navigating the world as a parent of a disabled child can be both rewarding and challenging. In today's digital age, technology has opened up a world of possibilities for ensuring the safety and well-being of your precious one. If you're in search of the best kids trackers and devices app designed with special needs children in mind, look no further than TinyBit Cloud.
Our volunteers, Dorota and Kinga took part in Individual volunteering project in frame of European SOlidarity Corps Programme. The were active in organisation Equação, Cooperativa de Comércio Justo, Crl, in Amarante, Portugal for 6 months. The final result were preparation a final publication about Volunteering on wheels.
What does it take to get from barrier-free to delightful experiences?
Meeting basic accessibility requirements is a critical first step. But let’s dream bigger. Let’s aim for accessible UX – great user experience for everyone. Creating innovations that include a more diverse range of interaction styles, and designs that are both inclusive and delightful starts by bringing together the whole team — from content to code. It means thinking about people, not just technology. It means finding allies and partners, new ways of working, making our tools really usable, and helping everyone manage change.
Updated May 2017
Versions presented at PhillyCHI, AccessU, IA Summit, Accessing Higher Ground
UX professionals have quickly become vital members of IT project and service design teams. However there are many instances they struggle to have the impact they should.
This brief presentations reviews the roles and responsibilities UX professionals have in teams, reviewing their power to influence others and create wonderful experiences for all.
2019.9.19 @ Chuo University. Fujitsu-JAIMS Foundation: Global Leaders for Innovation and Knowledge Program (GLIK)
GLIK2019S JF-505 [Sponsored by Fujitsu] Shaping tomorrow with you.
Challenges of the GLIK capstone program:
---
You work on a project in which you formulate a plan for innovation to create new value for the community to which you belong such as a company, an institute, an NPO, a local community, or a country, utilizing the knowledge you acquired through the program. The project could be based on what you have been working on, but it has to be your own project.
---
You went to a lot of trouble to put that content online. Plain language will help your audience find it, understand it and use it. Writing clearly makes information more accessible – and usable – for people who don’t read well, are reading in a second language, or are listening to the text. That means better informed users, happier customers, and fewer angry support calls.
Updated for AccessU 2017
Long descriptions of images are in the speaker notes
2017.3.9 @ Chuo University.
Fujitsu-JAIMS Foundation: Global Leaders for Innovation and Knowledge Program (GLIK)
GLIK2017S MF-504 Capstone Project (March 9th)
http://www.jaims.jp/en/program/concept/index.html
How can agencies engage volunteers in supporting a more included life in the...LiveWorkPlay
Presentation to the Gathering on Person-Centred Practices, October 22-23, Thorold, Ontario.
How can agencies engage volunteers in supporting a more included life in the community for people with intellectual disabilities?
Keenan Wellar, MA and Julie Kingstone, MEd
Co-Founders & Co-Leaders, LiveWorkPlay
Starting in 2008, LiveWorkPlay embarked on a journey of “de-programming” by making a shift from congregated programs
to authentic community-based supports and outcomes based
on flexible and individualized person-centered planning.
At the core of this transformation, the agency dramatically expanded the size and scope of its volunteer team. This has changed the organization, it has changed lives, and it is changing the community.
Corporate Social Responsibility and People with DisabilitiesOmid Omidvar
Constituting the biggest minority on the planet, people with disabilities (PWD), endure many trials and tribulations including prejudice in the workplace, discomfort in using public transportation, fallacious preconceptions, lack of representativeness, etc.
How to engage the potentiality of PWD in economic development, social engagement and environmental integrity
The role of companies
The role of government (Social Responsibility of the State)
The role of Civil Society Organizations
Open data and apps for people with a handicap
How to make your new kind of open data? How can you translate data to people with a mental disability? In this talk I talk about the opportunity to work with data from other organizations that work in the sector for people with a disability, rather than the Government. And most of all how you can make them accessible with apps specific made for people who haven't the mental capacity to read / write!
Embracing Opportunity & Risk: Delivering Supports In & With Our Local Communi...LiveWorkPlay
Keynote speech to the Wisconsin Integrated Employment conference, September 19, 2012 in Wisconsin Dells. The focus of the presentation was employment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the context of risk-taking for non-profit organizations.
Skills capital:How investing time and hard work now in practicing some of the...Cheryl Ryan Chan
Caregivers should always have an eye on the future, the time beyond themselves, when new caregivers will be taking
over. We want the next people in our loved ones lives to be ready to take on the duties we carry out, but are they all
REALLY necessary? Are we doing things that they could learn to do themselves, in whole or in part? Are we expecting
that the next caregivers will do things exactly as we do? This is a dangerous presumption, because it is certain that they
will not. So, how do we use the time now to work on skills that will make them more prepared, safer, less vulnerable,
give them more dignity and pride in themselves?
Smart Solutions for Child Safety Best Kids Trackers and Devices App.pdfCloudBlue1
Navigating the world as a parent of a disabled child can be both rewarding and challenging. In today's digital age, technology has opened up a world of possibilities for ensuring the safety and well-being of your precious one. If you're in search of the best kids trackers and devices app designed with special needs children in mind, look no further than TinyBit Cloud.
Our volunteers, Dorota and Kinga took part in Individual volunteering project in frame of European SOlidarity Corps Programme. The were active in organisation Equação, Cooperativa de Comércio Justo, Crl, in Amarante, Portugal for 6 months. The final result were preparation a final publication about Volunteering on wheels.
Inclusive communities are better communities. An inclusive community which welcomes diversity and encourages and enables participation is better placed to withstand the challenges of the future. This guide explains what it means to be inclusive, and the methods we can use to make sure everyone gets a chance to join in.
This field guide was published by the Eden Project as part of its Big Lunch Extras programme. Find out more at www.biglunchextras.com
FabChangeDay 2016 on the 19th October saw thousands of people making pledges and take action to improve services and care. Following FabChangeDay we took the 5 major themes that emerged and invited 100 to meet at a #Doathon to pick the best ideas to share. the 5 themes were dementia, sepsis,home first, Patient experience and leadership
Tech4Good, Tech4All, and Digital Inclusion3Play Media
In this webinar, Debra Ruh, CEO of Ruh Global Impact and advocate for accessibility, will explore how emerging technologies like AI, wearables, robotics, and others, can support people with disabilities if they are made accessible and the repercussion for all if these programs and campaigns are not accessible.
GraphSummit Paris - The art of the possible with Graph TechnologyNeo4j
Sudhir Hasbe, Chief Product Officer, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Check out the webinar slides to learn more about how XfilesPro transforms Salesforce document management by leveraging its world-class applications. For more details, please connect with sales@xfilespro.com
If you want to watch the on-demand webinar, please click here: https://www.xfilespro.com/webinars/salesforce-document-management-2-0-smarter-faster-better/
How to Position Your Globus Data Portal for Success Ten Good PracticesGlobus
Science gateways allow science and engineering communities to access shared data, software, computing services, and instruments. Science gateways have gained a lot of traction in the last twenty years, as evidenced by projects such as the Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) and the Center of Excellence on Science Gateways (SGX3) in the US, The Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) and its platforms in Australia, and the projects around Virtual Research Environments in Europe. A few mature frameworks have evolved with their different strengths and foci and have been taken up by a larger community such as the Globus Data Portal, Hubzero, Tapis, and Galaxy. However, even when gateways are built on successful frameworks, they continue to face the challenges of ongoing maintenance costs and how to meet the ever-expanding needs of the community they serve with enhanced features. It is not uncommon that gateways with compelling use cases are nonetheless unable to get past the prototype phase and become a full production service, or if they do, they don't survive more than a couple of years. While there is no guaranteed pathway to success, it seems likely that for any gateway there is a need for a strong community and/or solid funding streams to create and sustain its success. With over twenty years of examples to draw from, this presentation goes into detail for ten factors common to successful and enduring gateways that effectively serve as best practices for any new or developing gateway.
Code reviews are vital for ensuring good code quality. They serve as one of our last lines of defense against bugs and subpar code reaching production.
Yet, they often turn into annoying tasks riddled with frustration, hostility, unclear feedback and lack of standards. How can we improve this crucial process?
In this session we will cover:
- The Art of Effective Code Reviews
- Streamlining the Review Process
- Elevating Reviews with Automated Tools
By the end of this presentation, you'll have the knowledge on how to organize and improve your code review proces
We describe the deployment and use of Globus Compute for remote computation. This content is aimed at researchers who wish to compute on remote resources using a unified programming interface, as well as system administrators who will deploy and operate Globus Compute services on their research computing infrastructure.
Atelier - Innover avec l’IA Générative et les graphes de connaissancesNeo4j
Atelier - Innover avec l’IA Générative et les graphes de connaissances
Allez au-delà du battage médiatique autour de l’IA et découvrez des techniques pratiques pour utiliser l’IA de manière responsable à travers les données de votre organisation. Explorez comment utiliser les graphes de connaissances pour augmenter la précision, la transparence et la capacité d’explication dans les systèmes d’IA générative. Vous partirez avec une expérience pratique combinant les relations entre les données et les LLM pour apporter du contexte spécifique à votre domaine et améliorer votre raisonnement.
Amenez votre ordinateur portable et nous vous guiderons sur la mise en place de votre propre pile d’IA générative, en vous fournissant des exemples pratiques et codés pour démarrer en quelques minutes.
Enterprise Resource Planning System includes various modules that reduce any business's workload. Additionally, it organizes the workflows, which drives towards enhancing productivity. Here are a detailed explanation of the ERP modules. Going through the points will help you understand how the software is changing the work dynamics.
To know more details here: https://blogs.nyggs.com/nyggs/enterprise-resource-planning-erp-system-modules/
A Study of Variable-Role-based Feature Enrichment in Neural Models of CodeAftab Hussain
Understanding variable roles in code has been found to be helpful by students
in learning programming -- could variable roles help deep neural models in
performing coding tasks? We do an exploratory study.
- These are slides of the talk given at InteNSE'23: The 1st International Workshop on Interpretability and Robustness in Neural Software Engineering, co-located with the 45th International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2023, Melbourne Australia
Large Language Models and the End of ProgrammingMatt Welsh
Talk by Matt Welsh at Craft Conference 2024 on the impact that Large Language Models will have on the future of software development. In this talk, I discuss the ways in which LLMs will impact the software industry, from replacing human software developers with AI, to replacing conventional software with models that perform reasoning, computation, and problem-solving.
Developing Distributed High-performance Computing Capabilities of an Open Sci...Globus
COVID-19 had an unprecedented impact on scientific collaboration. The pandemic and its broad response from the scientific community has forged new relationships among public health practitioners, mathematical modelers, and scientific computing specialists, while revealing critical gaps in exploiting advanced computing systems to support urgent decision making. Informed by our team’s work in applying high-performance computing in support of public health decision makers during the COVID-19 pandemic, we present how Globus technologies are enabling the development of an open science platform for robust epidemic analysis, with the goal of collaborative, secure, distributed, on-demand, and fast time-to-solution analyses to support public health.
May Marketo Masterclass, London MUG May 22 2024.pdfAdele Miller
Can't make Adobe Summit in Vegas? No sweat because the EMEA Marketo Engage Champions are coming to London to share their Summit sessions, insights and more!
This is a MUG with a twist you don't want to miss.
Globus Connect Server Deep Dive - GlobusWorld 2024Globus
We explore the Globus Connect Server (GCS) architecture and experiment with advanced configuration options and use cases. This content is targeted at system administrators who are familiar with GCS and currently operate—or are planning to operate—broader deployments at their institution.
Gamify Your Mind; The Secret Sauce to Delivering Success, Continuously Improv...Shahin Sheidaei
Games are powerful teaching tools, fostering hands-on engagement and fun. But they require careful consideration to succeed. Join me to explore factors in running and selecting games, ensuring they serve as effective teaching tools. Learn to maintain focus on learning objectives while playing, and how to measure the ROI of gaming in education. Discover strategies for pitching gaming to leadership. This session offers insights, tips, and examples for coaches, team leads, and enterprise leaders seeking to teach from simple to complex concepts.
AI Fusion Buddy Review: Brand New, Groundbreaking Gemini-Powered AI AppGoogle
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(2) SocioWave Review: https://sumonreview.com/sociowave-review
(3) AI Partner & Profit Review: https://sumonreview.com/ai-partner-profit-review
(4) AI Ebook Suite Review: https://sumonreview.com/ai-ebook-suite-review
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Join us for an exploration of the Metaverse's evolution, where innovation meets imagination. Discover new dimensions of virtual events, engage with thought-provoking discussions, and witness the transformative power of digital realms."
Software Engineering, Software Consulting, Tech Lead.
Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Core, Spring JDBC, Spring Security,
Spring Transaction, Spring MVC,
Log4j, REST/SOAP WEB-SERVICES.
AI Pilot Review: The World’s First Virtual Assistant Marketing SuiteGoogle
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https://sumonreview.com/ai-pilot-review/
AI Pilot Review: Key Features
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See My Other Reviews Article:
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(2) SocioWave Review: https://sumonreview.com/sociowave-review
(3) AI Partner & Profit Review: https://sumonreview.com/ai-partner-profit-review
(4) AI Ebook Suite Review: https://sumonreview.com/ai-ebook-suite-review
AI Pilot Review: The World’s First Virtual Assistant Marketing Suite
The power of inclusion
1. “
”
The Power of Inclusion
HOW INCLUSION CAN HELP EVERYONE IN THE FUTURE ON BOTH
WAYS
2017 – Dennie Declercq
2. Who am I?
Dennie Declercq;
Volunteer developer of apps, software
and data solutions for people with a
disability;
Representative and developer at
DDSoft vzw;
Inventor of #DreamingIsBelieving;
Positive thinker;
9. And Inclusion worked for me!
As you know, the proof of the pudding is in
the eating!
Because the following inclusive environment is
offered to me as person with autism, I really enjoy
life!
✓ I can Live on myself in “De Bezaan”;
✓ I can work in the days on my DDSoft
project and in Ithaka;
✓ I can live near to, no stress;
✓ I cook by myself;
✓ I go out to parties and conferences
as much as I want;
✓ I clean my house;
✓ If I need a talk, I have good friends!
As normal?
If I lived years ago the change was
big that:
➢ I had to work in a special
work, but live with stress
➢ I had to live with my parents
➢ I had to live in a cared environment
With VERY LESS FREEDOM!!
12. People with a disability
A Disability is an impairment that may be
Physical, cognitive, intellectual, mental,
sensory, developmental or some
combination of these that results in
restrictions on an individual's ability to
participate in what is considered "normal"
in their everyday society. A disability may
be present from birth or occur during a
person's lifetime.
--Wikipedia
13. Intellectual disability
Intellectual disability (ID), also known
as general learning disability,and
mental retardation (MR), is a
generalized neurodevelopmental
disorder characterized by significantly
impaired intellectual and adaptive
functioning.
-- Wikipedia
14. Visual impairments
Visual impairment, also known as being
Luke" or becoming Luke, is a decreased
ability to see to a degree that causes
problems not fixable by usual means, such
as glasses. Some also include those who
have a decreased ability to see because
they do not have access to glasses or
contact lenses. Visual impairment is often
defined as a best corrected visual acuity of
worse than either 20/40 or 20/60. The term
blindness is used for complete or nearly
complete vision-loss. Visual impairment
may cause people difficulties with normal
daily activities such as driving, reading,
socializing, and walking.
-- Wikipedia
15. Autism
Autism is a neurodevelopmental
disorder characterized by impaired
social interaction, verbal and non-
verbal communication, and restricted
and repetitive behavior.
Autism is a spectrum! Everyone with
autism has advantages and
disadvantages that are different.
There’s no one-way approach to help
people with autism
16. The early days
The most people with a
disability are taken away from
their families.
There was no place in the social
environment where everybody
lives.
The most are placed in clinics
and specialized institutions.
People that cannot handle the
“normal” way have to change
their life or have to be
separated away……
17. The movement - Inclusion
Since a few years ago there is a huge
work around about quality of life (QoL)
and inclusion. In short words, inclusion
means: “people with a disability live
and work together, in the same
houses, the same environment as
people without a disability, with the
needed adjustments par person.
There are of course less
expectations;
18. Schalock’s domains of wellbeing.
Prof. Dr. Schalock made following statement:
“To have quality of life, each of the following aspects
must score as good for people with a disability as without.”
19. Van Gennep
Van Gennep, also a great pillar of inclusion and wellbeing says following is
necessary to have a quality of life:
You can fill in your life yourself with your own normal, and special needs;
You can live, and do the same things as persons without a disability;
You are happy with the life you have.
In this example: “you” is the person with a disability.
20. What inclusion really means
Real Inclusion
➢ People with disability doing the same
activities as people without disability.
➢ People are living in the same district.
➢ People work together but the
expectations are lower.
Not so real Inclusion
▪ A hostage for people with a disability.
▪ A school for kids with a disability.
▪ A working house specific for people
with a disability.
23. Perspective 2020
Instead of just getting help from handicap
specific organizations, institutions people with
a disability get access in a system of
“concentric circles”.
If you use the system of concentric circles,
people with a disability not just get access
from handicap specific institutions but also
from regular services and family.
Flanders want to make this the common
scenario by 2020.
It would save Flanders also a lot of money…
24. From caring to coaching
Caring
▪ Big institutions, clinics;
▪ Professionals care people with disability;
▪ Start point: “what is normal?”;
▪ Many rules;
▪ No in-between;
▪ Big “you must take it all” packages;
▪ Top (professional) – down(people with
disability);
Coaching
➢ Small organizations;
➢ Professional coaches the client;
➢ Start point: what want’s the client;
➢ Less rules;
➢ A big “in between” zone;
➢ Professional next to client;
25. Let’s take me back to Techorama
2016
This is an inclusive approach for conferences. People with visual impairments, are going to the
same conference, no other separate conference.
26. Limitations
Of course, there are limitations on expectations. People with e.x. an
intellectual disability can’t get many out of a software conference.
They’re intellectual capacities aren’t enough.
28. Where does software fit in inclusion?
Finally, the interesting part for most of you ☺
“If you want to create an inclusive environment, where
people can live their own life, technology helps the
people to find their way.”
Special apps and software, made for people with special needs can open
many doors. You can give the world, packed in a simple software package.
29. How to make software inclusive?
Everything is possible. I found three basic rules:
Simplify the layout: a white or bright background, colors by function (every
function in your software or app, a specific function.)
Use as many pictures of pictograms as possible.
Add Text To Speech (TTS).
30. Think inclusive!
Do measure how many functions needed, for people with the most special
needs, add maybe a few extra features for people with more mental
functioning.
Think about what information lives with the people. If they want to know
what’s to eat, what the activity is, if they want help with counting objects.
Make one application par function. Frameworks aren’t needed!
Maybe they want to find their way to the bakery, pizza hut?
Maybe you can make apps to assist brushing tooth and
washing yourself, clothing….
Do realize that software does matter!
Software really helps inclusion.
32. Because a movie tells more than a
slide…
https://youtu.be/PEi1T8DZHCQ
33. Which apps and software do I use?
For me, following apps and software are very helpfull
These apps helping me a lot in my daily life!
All of them I use on a daily base
34. Why should you care?
Because, in an inclusive environment where people with a disability takes
part of the common life, assistance is needed.
As developer YOU:
Can help people find their way.
Can translate info into understandable info for people with a disability.
Can automate progresses.
Can digi-coach.
35. Is there a market?
If you mention that more and more people with a disability takes part of
the “normal life”, you notice that there will always be more need for
assistance.
I really think apps can assist!
36. Does it really helps?
Yes! It’s proven in test cases!
People can find better their road with apps.
Can ask better questions with apps.
Can get info about their daily life with apps.
Can manage their activities with apps.
Can do a lot more with apps!
37. Inclusive software design patterns
Universal Design
Universal Design is the design of a building, a
place, a product, a service or a technology so
they can be accessed, understood and used to
the greatest extend of all people, regardless of
their age, size, ability or disability.
The progress to adopt universal design is as follow:
Discover: what’s the problem?
Define: which changes are needed?
Develop: develop a new system / app / software
Deliver: give the new solution to the people,
check if the problem is fixed.
Human Centered Design
Human Centered Design is a dynamic
way to change the existing world.
It’s about building an ecosystem,
setting goals and expectation:
A good way to work HC is with a 5E
Framework. Each problem must go to
5 steps of experience. In each step
you have to make it work fine and
nice.
38. The 5E Framework
“Entice” Enter Engage Exit Extend
What triggers
the problem or
experience?
What’s required
to get started?
What organized
and advanced
the
experience?
How does the
Progress ends?
What signals
it’s over?
What remains
After the
experience is
Over?
40. People with autism at work
People with autism are mostly:
Honest
Work good with rules
Have a nice planning
Are loving structure
Direct
Very specialized
41. Advantages of people with an
intellectual disability
People with an intellectual disability
are mostly:
✓ Very open
✓ Very warm
42. Nothing is such logical as autism.
Developers logic
➢ A value is true or false
➢ It’s good to declare variables, what
type it’s expect
➢ If you program a loop, the exit
scenario is mostly clear
➢ It’s very structured
Autistic logic
✓ A fact is only true or false
✓ It’s very nice that every circumstance
is declared
✓ If there’s a path to follow, auti’s like it’s
clear and clean
✓ Most of them are very structured
43. And the last truth:
In fact…
… Inclusion is always BI-Directional!!!
… If Else, it is not real inclusion!
44. Thank you for listening!
Contact:
dennie@ddsoft.be
+32 478 29 45 25