List and describe the four major types of disabilities, and the design strategies for accommodating those disabilities.

What will be an ideal response?


?Cognitive: Autism, learning disabilities, distractibility, inability to focus on large amounts of informationDesign strategies include keeping text short, breaking up text with headings, and using meaningful graphics.?Hearing: DeafnessDesign strategies include providing a transcription or summary of audio elements.?Motor: Inability to move mouse or use touch screen, slower response timeDesign strategies include minimizing scrolling.?Visual: Blindness, poor vision, color blindnessDesign strategies include describing images in text (which may be read aloud by a screen reader), and using a large, easy-to-read font.?

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