{"id":812,"date":"2022-05-18T20:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T20:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=812"},"modified":"2025-05-09T18:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:48:54","slug":"motor-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/motor-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Motor Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Motor Disabilities <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>These include, but are not limited to, hemiplegia, palsy, paraplegia, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease and Parkinson&#8217;s disease. Many are caused by injury or disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of Best Practices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide descriptive and informative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/headings.html\">headings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide descriptive and informative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/hyperlink.html\">links<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow a linear and logical layout; design for mobile devices first<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t force horizontal and vertical scrolling to view specific content; stick to vertical as often as possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/color.html\">white space<\/a>\u00a0to provide enough separation between actionable items<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/infographics.html\">Separate actionable items from a flier image<\/a>\u00a0that require selecting or typing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design for text-first;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/text.html\">use proper semantics<\/a>\u00a0(e.g.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/paragraphs.html\">paragraphs<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/headings.html\">headings<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/lists.html\">lists<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/tables.html\">tables<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build assuming users can only use a keyboard or speech recognition software; do not assume they can use a mouse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid navigation or interaction that require multiple selects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid short time out sessions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don&#8217;t force users to open\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/accessibility\/standards\/documents.html\">documents outside webpages<\/a>\u00a0for all their information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/people-use-web\/user-stories\/#reporter\" style=\"border-radius:0px;background-color:#016e9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Case Study: Stress Injury<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/people-use-web\/user-stories\/#retiree\" style=\"border-radius:0px;background-color:#016e9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Case Study: Tremours<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Usage &amp; Assistive Technologies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/intro\/people-use-web\/diversity#physical\"><abbr title=\"Web Accessibility Initiative\">WAI<\/abbr>: How People with Disabilities Use the Web &#8211; Physical<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/articles\/motor\/\">Web\u00a0<abbr title=\"Accessibility in Mind\">AIM<\/abbr>: Motor Disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/articles\/motor\/assistive\">Web\u00a0<abbr title=\"Accessibility in Mind\">AIM<\/abbr>: Motor Disabilities &#8211; Assistive Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simulations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kJKQmTumFP0\">LevelAccess Simulation: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Demo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KsxFsPmA4RY\">LevelAccess Simulation: Using Microsoft Word with Dragon NaturallySpeaking<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RMuQq7C5i48\">LevelAccess Simulation: On-Screen Keyboard Demo<\/a>\u00a0(also example of time limit issue)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mUdrWQMgcSI\">LevelAccess Simulation: Visual Focus Indication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motor Disabilities These include, but are not limited to, hemiplegia, palsy, paraplegia, quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Lou Gehrig&#8217;s disease and Parkinson&#8217;s disease. 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