Last Updated on July 19, 2015.
Designing for Visitors with Cognitive Impairments
Designing for Visitors with Cognitive Impairments
- Design indicators as to whether the upcoming page structure is a picture, listing, image map, etc.
- Make link text descriptive but brief.
- Front-load pages with important information at the beginning.
- Use audio-on-demand applications.
- Maintain consistent design throughout the site.
- Keep screens organized and uncluttered.
- Design clearly laid out pages with no blinking, turning, swirling, or scrolling text.
- Include a graphical button-bar as a navigational aid that indicates top of the page, home page, and previous page.
- Provide text-based alternatives to describe charts and graphs.
- Use plain language describing obvious operations such as ways to reply to the webmaster or go to the homepage.