Investigating the problems faced by older adults and people with disabilities in online environments

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 447-453

  Curran, K ^a   Walters, N ^a   Robinson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Initiative; Online accessibility; People with disabilities; Web accessibility; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

INITIATIVE; ONLINE ACCESSIBILITY; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; WEB ACCESSIBILITY INITIATIVE (WAI);

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 35648958285     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290600740868     Document Type: Article

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