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Information Technology for Communication and Cognitive Support

This chapter addresses the development of methodologies for developing information technology systems, relevant to specialist systems to support people with cognitive impairment and also for mainstream systems––which underlines the potential depth and breadth of the impact of this research.

Its originality––and in particular that to which the author made substantial and distinctive contribution––includes a redefinition of the relationships between assistive technologies and mainstream design.

Its rigour includes the way in which the paper builds on decades of research in the School of Computing at the Unversity of Dundee into designing for disabled people and older people.

Its significance involves the context in which it has been published: the book in which it sits is a 1,400 page, large format 'handbook' aimed at a readership across research, teaching and the professions. A reference volume in its third edition, the stated role of which is to bring together HCI theories, principles, advances in research and case studies into a single volume, combining scientific knowledge and new perspectives that challenge and could transform the way in which researchers and practitioners view the discipline. The other contributing authors are from academia, industry and government agencies, internationally.