Assistive technology: Strategies for diverse needs

How can experience equity be achieved for a diverse needs audience? My recent trawling of technical articles in our literature data bases suggests that we may need new technological approaches before we can fully achieve this goal. For example, shall we move toward use of custom user profiles when accessing a website? Shall we use multimodal methods for presenting information on our web pages? While the answers to these questions are complex, this workshop will introduce attendees to current assistive technologies that are available for a wide range of diverse needs. Emphasis will be given to matching products and strategies to a variety of need areas: (a) cognitive, (b) hearing, (c) vision, (d) autism spectrum, and (e) physical disabilities and traumatic brain injury.