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Web Accessibility for Older Users *DRAFT* Last Updated 28 October 2009 Presentation overview Introducing WAI-AGE Demographic changes Changing abilities Use of the Web Understanding older peoples needs Role of WAI guidelines Project outcomes Introducing WAI-AGE WAI-AGE Project (IST 355015)(WAI Ageing, Education and Harmonisation) European Commission funded project focused on: Better understanding the needs of older web users Participation of older users in W3C standardization Development of educational materials Pursuit of standards harmonization /WAI/WAI-AGE/ World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Leading the Web to Its Full Potential: International vendor-neutral consortium Evolution and interoperability of the Webfor everyone, everywhere on everything Operates from: MIT, ERCIM, and Keio Multi-stakeholder, consensus process Open and royalty-free Web standards: HTML, CSS, XML, SVG, SMIL, ... Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Works to help make the Web accessible to people with disabilities through: Accessibility support in W3C technologies Guidelines for implementing accessibility Methods for evaluating accessibility Conducting education and outreach Coordinating with RD world-wide /WAI/ Changing demographics Global demographic changes European situation Changing abilities Ageing and hearing loss Impact: Audio can be difficult to discern Higher pitch sounds can be missed Prevalence: 47% of people 61 to 80 years 93% of people 81+ years Ageing and vision decline Impact: Decreasing ability to focus on near tasks Changing color perception and sensitivity Decreasing contrast sensitivity Prevalence:(significant vision loss) 16% of people 65 - 74 years 19% of people 75 – 84 years 46% of people 85+ years Ageing and physical decline Impact:(Motor skill decline can result from many conditions including arthritis and Parkinsons Disease) Difficulty using mouse or keyboard Difficult to click small areas Strain from non-ergonomic tasks Preva