New research has just been published in the Journal of Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, Volume 4, Issue 5. The article, entitled “Public computing options for individuals with cognitive impairments: Survey outcomes,” examines the availability and the accessibility of public computing for people with cognitive disabilities living in the United States.
The researchers found that, of the facilities surveyed, libraries had the highest percentage of access barriers. This is disappointing. Public libraries are a great source of free access to the Web. If people with cognitive disabilities can’t use them, or have significant trouble using them because of access barriers, then their access to the Web is problematic at the outset.