Design Techniques for Cognitive Accessibility

Relationship to WCAG 2.0

How WCAG spec and supporting docs apply (or don't fully do so yet) and how more of the techniques here may move over time into success criteria in WCAG.

Relationship to Personalisation

How Personalisation relates - coming soon

Design Technique Themes

To help web content providers meet the needs of people with cognitive and learning disabilities we have identified the following themes, each with an example technique:

Note - this can become the interactive list of themes below

Note: We introduce the concept of a Method as a collection of techniques. Only 1 Theme and 1 Method presented. Perhaps themes should also be collapsible?

Theme: Provide help and support

Users with cognitive impairments may need different levels and forms of help, depending on their circumstances.
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