The 25th International HCI Conference took place in Copenhagen. In the first part of the session "Technology for Inclusion and Participation (TIP) & ICT for Inclusion (ICT4I)", moderated by Prof. Dr. Ingo Bosse and Dr. Susanne Dirks, two projects were presented, which are currently being researched at the Social Research Center.

Ann Christin Schulz presented to the 30 participants how citizen science can be designed inclusively. She referred to the methodological approach of the citizen science project "IncluScience - Disability Mainstreaming in Science and Practice", in which citizens with disabilities and their representatives were involved in the research process in a very concrete way. This was concretized by an example in which the online map Wheelmap with its information on accessibility as well as its addition of new location types and corresponding accessibility criteria (verticals) were presented. In a subsequent discussion, approaches for the inclusion of citizens in the research process could be elicited and participation strategies, especially for citizens with cognitive impairments and learning difficulties, could be elaborated.

Dr. Susanne Dirks presented current research results from the project EVE4all - Simple Understanding for All. Here, the focus was on results on usage potentials and current challenges in dealing with the Easy Reading Framework. Easy Reading is a digital toolbox that supports users with disabilities individually in reading and understanding web pages.

If you are interested in the participatory approach of inclusive citizen science or the Easy Reading Framework, you can find both papers on the presentations under the given DOI:

Krüger, D.; Krümpelmann, S.; Pelka, B.; Schulz, A. C. (2023). Inclusiveness of Citizen Science. How People with Disabilities Can Participate in Citizen Science Approaches. In: M. Antona & C. Stephanidis (EDS.), HCII 2023, LNCS 14020, Part 1 (pp. 88-98). Switzerland: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35681-0_6

Wüst, M.; Maskut, N.; Baumann, L.; Heitplatz, V.N.; Wilkens, L.; Dirks, Su. & Bühler, C. (2023). Easy Reading - Keeping the User at the Digital Original: Assessment and Potential Use of Easy Reading for Digital Accessibility.  In: M. Antona & C. Stephanidis (EDS.), HCII 2023, LNCS 14020, Part 2, 469-490. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35897-5_34

More Links: 

25. Internationale HCI Konferenz

IncluScience – Disability Mainstreaming in Science and Practice

EVE4all-Einfach Verstehen für alle

Wheelmap

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35681-0_6

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35897-5_34

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