Davies Daniel K, Stock Steven E, King Larry R, Brown R Brian, Wehmeyer Michael L, Shogren Karrie A
AbleLink Technologies, 618 N. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA.
Intellect Dev Disabil. 2015 Feb;53(1):30-41. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-53.1.30.
Use of social networking sites, such as Facebook, is rapidly expanding, but people with intellectual disability are at risk for exclusion because sites like Facebook are not designed for cognitive access. The purpose of the present study was to describe the development and initial testing of a cognitively accessible prototype interface for Facebook, called Endeavor Connect, that was designed to support independent Facebook use by people with intellectual disability. The performance of young adults with intellectual disability when completing five common Facebook tasks was compared when using the Endeavor Connect and Facebook interfaces. Results suggest that, when using Endeavor Connect, young adults with intellectual disability completed more tasks independently with fewer errors and required fewer prompts. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
诸如脸书这样的社交网站的使用正在迅速扩展，但智障人士面临被排斥的风险，因为像脸书这样的网站并非为认知访问而设计。本研究的目的是描述一种名为“奋进连接”的脸书认知可访问原型界面的开发和初步测试，该界面旨在支持智障人士独立使用脸书。在使用“奋进连接”和脸书界面时，对智障青年完成五项常见脸书任务时的表现进行了比较。结果表明，在使用“奋进连接”时，智障青年能够独立完成更多任务，错误更少，所需提示也更少。文中还讨论了对研究和实践的启示。
