"Accessibility Challenge" - a game show investigating the accessibility of computer systems for disabled people

M. Morgan; Vicki Hanson; Chris Martin; Janet Hughes; Alan Newell

doi:10.1145/1358628.1358724

"Accessibility Challenge" - a game show investigating the accessibility of computer systems for disabled people

M. Morgan, Vicki Hanson, Chris Martin, Janet Hughes, Alan Newell

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Abstract

A professional live theatre event in the form of a game show has been designed to raise awareness of the challenges computer technology provides to older and disabled people and the advantages and disadvantages of various accessibility options that can be found within some software. It also demonstrates one way in which theatre can be used within HCI research and development. It is designed to be a stimulating event with a serious purpose. A pilot version of the event proved successful as a plenary "social" activity at a recent conference on Computer Science education, where very positive evaluation results were obtained. It has since been modified to focus particularly on HCI issues of accessibility.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '08
Subtitle of host publication	CHI '08 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	2609-2610
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781605580128
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1358628.1358724
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

Accessibility
Disability
Theatre
User-centred design
Computer systems

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CHI EA '08 : CHI '08 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2008. p. 2609-2610.

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