Text notes: The perspectives and debate.


Multi-disciplinary perspectives ‘as per conceptual model’ theme to keep reiterating.

Accessibility is described as ‘’

Digital accessibility is defined as ‘disability perspective quote’ yet also lives in the technical field as ‘’

This crosses over the disciplines of both disability awareness in society and digital skills development. In terms of disability awareness on the curriculum this is touched on in PSHE, Citizenship curriculum, yet the associated digital skills are not there.

Start the literature review with different perspectives of disability - medical, functional and social. Nothing for us without us. Essentially accessibility in the traditional sense is about making the world accessible to those with disabilities. Reference to the social model in government strategy.

This literature review will focus on the teaching ‘of’ accessibility not teaching accessibly - explain the difference as per - (Teach Access, ??; Sonka, ???).

Perspectives and perceptions of digital accessibility to structure and guide the literature review.

  • Disability- empathy 
  • User needs design
  • Technical skills

The quantitive data of automated testing verses user testing, ultimately aiming at making websites work for users. Compliance verses accessibility.

All of this conversation often clouds the definition of why content needs to be accessible. The debates highlight that often users get overlooked and replaced by WCAG and compliance checklists.

The education and awareness of young people needs to be framed around the purpose of digital accessibility rather than the politics, compliance and technical checklists. 

The social model of disability and universal design takes full account of the the thinking to baking it into the process and designing for all from the offset, rather than a checklist at the end.

Very little empirical evidence, including in government strategies to guide the way.

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