Reaching Vulnerable Populations: Importance of Accessibility in the Design of Preparedness and Warning Systems
Vulnerable populations and those with special needs are at risk in a disaster. Communicating preparedness and warning information is critical for these groups, and recent events highlight that much work remains to be done.Significant mumbers of any population fail to respond or act upon warnings of imminent disaster the question of how to deliver effective messages to those with perceptual, cognitive, communicative, or learning disabilities is all the more challenging. In the context of disabilities, the application of technical solutions in the form of assistive technologies and accessible information can do much to enhance the communication of lifesaving information, yet there is little in the way of specific guidelines, and research, used by the developers of such systems. This paper explores the challenges faced by vulnerable populations and discusses required approaches that can lead to effective communication.
Accessibility vulnerable populations disabilities standards design for all
Markku T.H(a)kkinen Helen T.Sullivan
Department of Computer Science & Information Systems, Agora Human Technologies Center University of Department of Psychology Rider University Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA
国际会议
哈尔滨
英文
455-458
2007-08-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）