Web 2.0 accessibility and adaptation for Australian special needs communities, such as acquired brain injury

Youssef Abi-Khattar; Stephen Hansen; Piet A. M. Kommers

Web 2.0 accessibility and adaptation for Australian special needs communities, such as acquired brain injury

Youssef Abi-Khattar, Stephen Hansen, Piet A. M. Kommers

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Abstract

This paper focuses on addressing the accessibility and adaptation issues of producing community web sites for people with special needs such as Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). A summary of the characteristics and demographics of the ABI community in Australia is presented along with an identification of various needs of this community that could be addressed by Web 2.0. and associated accessibility and adaption issues. This is followed with a review of current Australian ABI web-based community and support sites and their areas of support. As there is considerable activity and use of Facebook for individual ABI groups, the general features and limitations of Facebook are also presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Iadis International Conference on Web Based Communities, held in Amsterdam, 24-26 July, 2008
Publisher	IADIS Press
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9789728924669
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	IADIS International Conference on Web Based Communities - Duration: 24 Jul 2008 → …

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Conference	IADIS International Conference on Web Based Communities
Period	24/07/08 → …

Keywords

Web 2.0
web sites
acquired brain injury
rehabilitation
special needs communities
Australia

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Web 2.0 accessibility and adaptation for Australian special needs communities, such as acquired brain injury. / Abi-Khattar, Youssef; Hansen, Stephen; Kommers, Piet A. M.
Proceedings of the Iadis International Conference on Web Based Communities, held in Amsterdam, 24-26 July, 2008. IADIS Press, 2008.

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