Re: next steps - updating the user research modules

Note that we also can ask A-step, They have offered publication space on
their github where we can publish additional research. (See
https://github.com/a-STEP-action ).

We will need to state clearly what is peer reviewed and what is not.
Further in our methodology we double check anything that may endorse a
product.

All the best

Lisa


On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 3:15 PM Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Abi
> I think this would be fantastic!
> Can you email me some other times that you are available and we can
> coordinate what you want to do?
>
> All the best
>
> Lisa
>
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 1:25 PM Abi James <A.James@soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> Hi Lisa and COGA,
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>> I would like to offer assistance with this task but I am unable to attend
>> task force calls at the moment. Is there a way to contribute remotely?
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>> One question I have on this work is there any direction on the standard
>> and source of research? The google doc discusses only academic research
>> sources. I have collated many industry and policy reports related to
>> financial and public services that have insights into digital experience
>> for a people with a range of disabilities. While these are not peer review
>> research, they often provide wider insights (e.g. based on large population
>> survey or collating national statistics) where scientific studies are
>> limited. I know there are other industries with similar resources,
>> including insights from user research that could be beneficial to document.
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>> Regards
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>> Abi
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>> Dr Abi James
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>> Digital Accessibility Consultant and Researcher
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>> Visiting Research Fellow, University of Southampton
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>> *From:* Lisa Seeman <lisa1seeman@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 21, 2023 11:36 AM
>> *To:* public-cognitive-a11y-tf <public-cognitive-a11y-tf@w3.org>
>> *Subject:* next steps - updating the user research modules
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>> *CAUTION:* This e-mail originated outside the University of Southampton.
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>> Hi folks
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>> We decided on the last two calls to update the user research modules.
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>> Can you take a look at the discussion below and see what module you can
>> update?
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>> Also please ask colleagues and others who may have done a similar review.
>> (If we can use their work as well we will give them a credit and if there
>> is a research grant this will count as dissemination and harmonization with
>> standards!)
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>> The user research module looks at accessibility challenges from the user
>> point of view, typically as groups of users.See coga-user-research/
>> <https://www.w3.org/TR/coga-user-research/>.
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>> This involves looking for research on where these user groups struggle to
>> use content and what Web design  strategies can support them. We may also
>> need to update the descriptions of disabilities.
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>> We are aiming to get the literary review done by february  and the
>> analysis in March.
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>> To do this we will need to check for new research as a literary review to
>> update the following modules:
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>>    - Autistic people
>>    - dyslexia
>>    - down syndrome and intellectual disabilities
>>    - Aphasia
>>    - age related and dementia
>>    - dyscalculia
>>    - non verbal
>>    - (We already have someone working on ADD)
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>> We are also intending to add new modules on:
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>>    -  mental health
>>    - Illness  (chemo brain, post viral infections such as long covid etc
>>    )
>>    - General learning and cognitive disabilities using  functional needs
>>    as the user needs
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>> Also you can see our guidelines of how to do a litarty review
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wu0WYcvCpp-zIz2NzPk2AuTJOrzgh3T4sKQgzCa10ps/edit>
>> .
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>> Of course we can add another module if it is of particular interest to
>> you or a  colleague .
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>> All the best
>>
>> Lisa Seeman-Horwitz
>>
>> LinkedIn <http://il.linkedin.com/in/lisaseeman/>, Twitter
>> <https://twitter.com/SeemanLisa>
>>
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