Paper Info
Title
The Use of a New Visual Language as a Supporting Resource for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Abstract
Our society is radically changing at an astonishing rate essentially, due to the fact that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are becoming an ever greater part of our lives. The frenetic rhythm at which the technology has evolved in recent years, has caused a significant separation between individuals who use communication technologies and those who don't. There is a technological gap, and most of the time it's because of the inadequacy both of the hardware and the software currently present for people with different levels of disability. This article discusses the use of a new visual language, known as VILA (VIsual LAnguage), to resolve the accessibility problems that people with certain types of disabilities have when they use ICTs to access to information and knowledge society and to communicate with other people under equal terms. We also present a first evaluation of a software prototype performed by a group of trainers specialized in children with Down syndrome to demonstrate their utility and the application fields of the language, as well as its advantages.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-58515-4_16
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
Educational media/multimedia,Personalization and adaptation in learning technologies,Accessibility,Functional diversity,Intellectual disability,Visual language
Internet privacy,Visual language,Intellectual disability,Functional diversity,ICTS,Psychology,Software,Information and Communications Technology,Access to information,Knowledge society
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
10296
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Francisco J. Rodríguez-Sedano142.83
Miguel Ángel Conde González28613.06
Camino Fernández Llamas3217.21
Gonzalo Esteban-Costales400.34