What Is Known About the Impact of Impairments on Information Seeking and Searching

摘要: Information seeking and access are essential for users in all walks of life, from addressing personal needs such as finding flights to locating information needed complete work tasks. Over the past decade or so, general people with impairments have increasingly been recognized something be addressed, an issue embedded both international treaties state legislation. The same tendency can found research, where a growing number user studies including conducted. purpose these is typically uncover potential barriers information, especially context inaccessible search interfaces. This literature review provides overview research on searching impairments. aim provide researchers practitioners who any groups identified. Some diagnoses relatively well represented (for instance, visual impairment), but there very little other areas autism) some cases no at aphasia). Gaps identified suggestions made regarding further needed.