IFIP WG 13.3

Working group 13.3

[Presentation]

[Representatives]

[Publications]

Welcome to the Working Group 13.3 Human Computer Interaction and Disabilities

Presentation

Working Group 13.3 intends to make designers of Information Systems and complementary tools aware of the needs of this group in order to encourage the development of more appropriate tools for accessibility and usability. As a result, systems will become universally accessible and the market for them will increase.

Specifically, the scope of WG 13.3 will include the following activities:

• the co-ordination and exchange of information with other relevant bodies

• the collaboration with institutions interested in this field

• enable people with disabilities to use Information Systems and complementary tools in order to prevent social exclusion.

The principal objectives of the Working Group are to make HCI designers aware of the needs of people with disabilities and to recommend guidelines for the design of HCI to facilitate the use of computers by people with disabilities. WG 13.3 also wishes to monitor the latest developments in the design of HCI and their impact on accessibility and usability and to encourage the development of information systems and complementary tools which permits the adaptation of the human interface for each specific user.

Representatives

• Chairman : Monique Noirhomme-Fraiture, Institut d'informatique, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

• Vice-Chair : Gerard Weber

• Comittee members :
  Colette Nicolle, Ergonomics and Safety Research Institute (ESRI), Loughborough University, UK
  Julio Gonzalez-Abascal (Past Chairman), University of the Basque Country, Laboratory of HCI for Special Needs, Spain
  

Realisations

INTERACT 2005 Workshop of IFIP WG 13.3 on HCI and Disability, Rome

Workshop at INTERACT'97 Conference in Sydney:
Nicolle, C. and Abascal, J. (in press). Inclusive Guidelines for HCI. London: Taylor & Francis.

Workshop at INTERACT 1999 Conference in Edinburgh :
Making Designers Aware of Existing Guidelines for Accessibility

Workshop at INTERACT'01 :
Issues on the application of guidelines to the design of HCI systems for older people and poeple with disabilities

workshop at IHM-HCI 2001: :
Are guidelines for accessibility accessible?, Lille, 10 September 2001.

workshop at INTERACT 2003: :
Including Accessibility and Inclusive Design in the Curriculum for Human Computer Interaction
Joint Workshop of IFIP WG 13.1 on Education in HCI and HCI Curriculum and IFIP WG 13.3 , Zurich, 2 Sept. 2003