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==Welcome to brainstormingcognitive.wikispaces.com. This is my new wikispace intended to be an opportunity for collaborative exchange on the topic of designing web access to individuals with cognitive disorders. I'm teaching a number of students this year who are struggling in most content arenas due to cognitive challenges. This has proven to be most challenging since they have developed other undesirable coping skills to get around having to participate in classroom activities.== ===[|//Designing// for users with //Cognitive Disabilities// - otal.umd.edu otal **...**]=== otal.umd.edu/uupractice/**cognition**/ [|Cached] - [|Similar] Interface designers face a new challenge today, a challenge that when solved, will not only enable them to stretch the boundaries of the technical world but also open up the World Wide Web to cognitively disabled users. This population is both underserved and frequently misunderstood. With the advances of medical science, users who might never have left the hospital before are living independent, productive lives.

===[|//Web// Accessibility for //People with Cognitive Disabilities//: Universial **...**]===

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Although there are standards for Web-sites regarding individuals that are blind or have restricted movement, there are no standards for compliance when it comes to the accessibility of Web-sites for individuals with cognitive disabilities.

===[|How can //web pages// be made accessible to //individuals// who have **...**]=== www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/articles?358 [|Cached] When designing web pages it is important to keep in mind the diversity of skills and abilities of the people who may visit the site. If a website will appeal to a broad audience that includes individuals with cognitive disabilities, then the website should be designed with those individuals in mind. Features that make websites easy to comprehend and navigate for everyone are often the most helpful for people with cognitive disabilities.