Last Updated on July 19, 2015.

Designing for Visitors with Cognitive Impairments

Designing for Visitors with Cognitive Impairments

  1. Cognitive impairments can impact how people access your Web content.Design indicators as to whether the upcoming page structure is a picture, listing, image map, etc.
  2. Make link text descriptive but brief.
  3. Front-load pages with important information at the beginning.
  4. Use audio-on-demand applications.
  5. Maintain consistent design throughout the site.
  6. Keep screens organized and uncluttered.
  7. Design clearly laid out pages with no blinking, turning, swirling, or scrolling text.
  8. Include a graphical button-bar as a navigational aid that indicates top of the page, home page, and previous page.
  9. Provide text-based alternatives to describe charts and graphs.
  10. Use plain language describing obvious operations such as ways to reply to the webmaster or go to the homepage.