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Designing accessible web intefaces for autistic people
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Viver na era digital faz com que o uso da internet e das suas van tagens sejam essenciais no nosso quotidiano. O desenvolvimento de
tecnologia tem progredido diariamente e com este, em simultˆaneo,
as necessidades dos utilizadores. Embora tenha havido um progresso
significativo na compreens˜ao das necessidades dos utilizadores neu rot´ıpicos, h´a espa¸co para melhorias na compreens˜ao das preferˆencias
de design de interfaces e dos requisitos de acessibilidade para pes soas neurodivergentes, especificamente para aquelas com diagn´ostico
de autismo. Esta tese focou-se no grupo-alvo de pessoas autistas,
uma vez que a internet ´e considerada um ambiente recentemente ad equado ao autismo e oferece `as pessoas com autismo uma variedade
de possibilidades, tais como interagir com outras pessoas que partil ham dos mesmos hobbies e interesses. Tamb´em permite a explora¸c˜ao
de diferentes f´oruns e blogs online, ajudando centros m´edicos, orga niza¸c˜oes autistas, comunidades online e tecnologias digitais e ferra mentas dispon´ıveis. trabalho teve como objetivo aumentar a aces sibilidade digital das interfaces de utilizadores da web para pessoas
autistas, de modo a tornar estas plataformas mais f´aceis de explorar
e de obter informa¸c˜ao. Come¸ca por recolher pr´aticas e orienta¸c˜oes
atuais de design para pessoas com deficiˆencia para, posteriormente,
inferir t´ecnicas que designers e desenvolvedores possam utilizar es pecificamente para o utilizador alvo mencionado anteriormente. Incluiu o design e teste das interfaces de utilizador para reunir diretrizes
adequadas. Como resultado, fornece uma vis˜ao geral das melhores
pr´aticas adquiridas ao longo das sess˜oes de teste com este p´ublico-alvo.
Inclui de igual forma, recomenda¸c˜oes de alto n´ıvel sobre a cria¸c˜ao de
conte´udos utilizados nos prot´otipos digitais para fins de teste, uma
vez que, para este grupo-alvo, alguns dos conte´udos podem ser con siderados sens´ıveis.
Living in the digital era makes using the Internet and its advantages becoming essential in our daily lives. Technology development is pro gressing daily, and users’ needs are changing accordingly. Although there has been significant progress in understanding the neurotypi cal users’ needs, there is room for improvement in understanding the interface design preferences and accessibility requirements for neu rodiverse people, specifically those with an autism diagnosis. This thesis focused on a target group of autistic people since the inter net is considered a newly autism-suitable environment, and it offers autistic people a range of possibilities, such as engaging with others who share the same hobbies and interests. It also allows for exploring different online forums and blogs, helping medical centers, autistic organizations, online communities, and available digital technologies and tools. This work aimed to increase the digital accessibility of web user inter faces for autistic people to make these platforms easier to explore and obtain information from. The initial stage of this work collected cur rent practices and guidelines for designing for people with disabilities to infer later techniques that designers and developers can use specif ically for the target user mentioned previously. This thesis describes the design and testing process of user interfaces to gather adequate guidelines. As a result, it provides an overview of best practices gained during the testing sessions with the target audience. It also includes high-level recommendations on creating content used on the digital prototypes for testing purposes, as for this target group, some of the content might be considered sensitive.
Living in the digital era makes using the Internet and its advantages becoming essential in our daily lives. Technology development is pro gressing daily, and users’ needs are changing accordingly. Although there has been significant progress in understanding the neurotypi cal users’ needs, there is room for improvement in understanding the interface design preferences and accessibility requirements for neu rodiverse people, specifically those with an autism diagnosis. This thesis focused on a target group of autistic people since the inter net is considered a newly autism-suitable environment, and it offers autistic people a range of possibilities, such as engaging with others who share the same hobbies and interests. It also allows for exploring different online forums and blogs, helping medical centers, autistic organizations, online communities, and available digital technologies and tools. This work aimed to increase the digital accessibility of web user inter faces for autistic people to make these platforms easier to explore and obtain information from. The initial stage of this work collected cur rent practices and guidelines for designing for people with disabilities to infer later techniques that designers and developers can use specif ically for the target user mentioned previously. This thesis describes the design and testing process of user interfaces to gather adequate guidelines. As a result, it provides an overview of best practices gained during the testing sessions with the target audience. It also includes high-level recommendations on creating content used on the digital prototypes for testing purposes, as for this target group, some of the content might be considered sensitive.
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Autismo Neurodiversidade Acessibilidade digital Diretrizes de acessibilidade Recomendações de acessibilidade Design centrado no ser humano Autism Neurodiversity Digital accessibility Accessibility guidelines Accessibility recommendations Human-centric design Interactive Media Design . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia