The domain of Digital Accessibility and Assistive Technologies (AT) has included an increasing amount of R&D for people with Cognitive Disabilities and neuro-diverse users (e.g. discussions facilitated by W3C/WAI and the COGA group related WACAG2.0 and WCAG) for several years. Dyslexia and Reading/Writing Disorders are named and seen as included in the discussion, yet there are still gaps in reaching the specific requirements and community of this target group. A broad range of R&D such as psycho-medical concepts and tools for diagnosis, therapy and training exist, but bear low or no connection to AT and Accessibility as of yet.

This interdisciplinary session aims at addressing these gaps and bridging AT and Accessibility towards R&D in the domain Dyslexia and Reading/Writing Disorders. We believe that fostering collaboration between diverse disciplines will enhance the comprehensiveness and impact of our discussions.

• Scientific contributions may address but are not limited to issues as:
• User requirements and user needs of people with Dyslexia and Reading/Writing Disorders in the digital age
• Studies, evaluation and innovation related to diagnosis, therapy and training in reading/writing
• Sociological and ethnographic studies related to coping strategies of end users and their caring/supporting/educating environment as a base for Accessibility and AT features/applications
• Societal attitudes, ableism and marginalization, policy implications
• R&D on guidelines, standards, techniques and tools for content and application design and adaptation for the target group
• Ideas, concepts and R&D for adapting existing or developing new and innovative tools for content design, development, control, perception and use based on new digital developments as AI, VR/AR/XR, multimedia and multimodal interaction
• Studies, concepts, ideas, approaches and innovation in service and support infrastructures and service provision for education, job and participation in other mainstream domains in society (e.g. culture, administration, politics, sports, religion)
• Implications on and discussions of policy, legal, standardization, educational, social, psychological, ethical and other domains.

This session is organized by the Dyslexia Initiative of the Johannes Kepler University Linz.

Chairs

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  Anna Ajlani, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute for Sociology
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  Stefan Laube, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute for Sociology
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  Uli Mayer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Institute for Sociology
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  Magdalena Dall, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Research Institute for Developmental Medicine (RID)
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  Miriam Massoumzadeh, Johannes Kepler University Linz Research, Institute for Developmental Medicine (RID)
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  Martin Schoefl, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Research Institute for Developmental Medicine (RID)
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  Johannes Fellinger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Research Institute for Developmental Medicine (RID)
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  Melanie Schaur, Johannes Kepler University Linz
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  Reinhard Koutny, Johannes Keplter University Linz
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  Andrea Petz, Johannes Kepler University Linz
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  Klaus Miesenberger, Johannes Kepler University Linz