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Accessibility for Children

W3C Community Group�

�Silver Meeting January 14th 2022

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Welcome

The Chairs of the Community Group will present today’s session

  • Suzanne Taylor, Founder at Things Entertainment

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  • Maud Stiernet, Owner at alittleliningcomes.com

Member of Eurochild.org and IAAP

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Why accessibility for children?

  • Different profiles than adults:
    • rhythms (need instant/fast support or feedback)
    • different exploration skills
    • less predictable
    • evolving competences
  • Research gap on disabled children as online users

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  • Children need age/ level appropriate accessibility features�

Examples:

- captioning without reading skills�- developing sensory literacy

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Methodology: evidence based, with users

  • Define concepts/ emerging technologies with workgroup

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  • Invite external researchers for discussion on research gap�‘Captioning and comprehensibility’ Maria Wünsche Hidelsheim (Germany)�
  • Members work with children and design for children and families/ carers (communities)�
  • Communicate about our work in international conferences (Unicef AI, CORE children online research & evidence)�

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Methodology: evidence based, with users

  • Accommodation sponsoring:

�Sign Language Interpretation

�Real-Time Live Captioning (CART)

�Legal advice and accommodations designed to give children a voice in our community group

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  • Next activity: how do children interact with chatbots?

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Goals for 2021 and 2022

  • Document functional user needs for children with disabilities
  • Conduct literature review to see where enough research is already available to support accommodating these user needs
  • Identify open research questions and advocate for further research where needed
  • Document additional information to help inform implementation efforts
  • Create list of considerations for children that those writing specifications can use as a checklist

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We’re Happy to Help

  • We are hoping to help Children’s Accessibility Needs to be incorporated into other initiatives and documents.
  • Let us know how we can help!
  • Contact the Chairs: