Designing a More Inclusive World

I Design Issues for Universal Access and Assistive Technology. - 1. Is Universal Design a Critical Theory?. - 2. Cross-market Product and Service Innovation the DBA Challenge Example. - 3. Introducing User-Centred Design Methods into Design Education. - 4. Comparing Product Assessment Methods for Inclusive Design. - 5. Virtual Learning Environments: Improving Accessibility Using Profiling. - 6. Assessment Insight and Awareness in Design for Users with Special Needs. - 7. New Cognitive Capability Scales For Inclusive Product Design. - II Enabling Computer Access and New Technologies. - 8. An AAC-Enabled Internet: From User Requirements to Guidelines. - 9. Gathering Requirements for Mobile Devices Using Focus Groups with Older People. - 10. Devices and Desires: Identifying the Acceptability of AT to Older People. - 11. Beyond Functionality Product Semantics in Assistive Device Design. - 12. Consensus-based Adaptive User Interface Implementation in Product Promotion. - 13. Transforming Musical Notations for Universal Access. - 14. Evaluation of Multimodal Techniques for Blind People to Track Moving Objects. - 15. Movement Time Prediction for Tasks Assisted by Force-feedback. - 16. Recognising Expression in Speech for Human Computer Interaction. - 17. Emotional Hearing Aid: An Assistive Tool for Children with Asperger's Syndrome. - 18. Fostering Universal Access: Lessons from Telecommunications and Disability. - 19. Assessing the Accessibility of Digital Television Set-Top Boxes. - III Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation Robotics. - 20. Robot Technology in Rehabilitation and Support State of the Art. - 21. Powered Lower Limb Orthosis for Assisting Standing Up and Sitting Down Movements. - 22. Collaborative Control Aspects for Rehabilitation Robots. - 23. Effects of Repeated Exposureto a Humanoid Robot on Children with Autism. - 24. The Gloucester Smart House for People with Dementia User-Interface Aspects. - 25. Standards and the Dependability of Electronic Assistive Technology. - 26. If I had a Robot at Home. Peoples' Representation of Domestic Robots. - Index of Contributors. Language: English