The usability of ICTs in people with visual disabilities: a challenge in Spain

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dc.contributor.authorFuentes García, Fiorella
dc.contributor.authorMoreno Cano, Antonia María
dc.contributor.authorDíez Ruiz, Fernando
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-22T10:37:09Z
dc.date.available2025-07-22T10:37:09Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-30
dc.date.updated2025-07-22T10:37:09Z
dc.description.abstractThe use of ICTs provides autonomy, equity, and social inclusion to people with visual disabilities. The National Organization of the Spanish Blind (ONCE) offers its 70,462 legally-blind people the necessary resources for the usability of ICTs. Still, most individuals with visual disabilities do not have a similar support system. This research aims to expose and make visible the importance and need for ICTs usage in this group. The qualitative approach has allowed the modeling of a contextualized inductive process through two heterogeneous discussion groups: eight individuals with legal blindness and six with moderate visual impairment, as well as three in-depth interviews with experts in typhlotechnology, accessibility, and low vision. The following has been verified: there is a lot of misinformation among people with visual disabilities outside the coverage of ONCE; accessibility is still not a priority for companies and institutions when creating and developing products and services with Design for All; the need for more professionals to advise and train users with blindness and low vision is clear. In Spain, there are almost a million visually-impaired people not affiliated with ONCE, for whom access to technical aids and digital literacy is a priority problem in which the Government should intervene.en
dc.identifier.citationFuentes, F., Moreno, A., & Díez, F. (2022). The usability of ICTs in people with visual disabilities: a challenge in Spain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH191710782
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/IJERPH191710782
dc.identifier.eissn1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/3265
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights© 2022 by the authors
dc.subject.otherAccessibility
dc.subject.otherLiteracy
dc.subject.otherLow vision
dc.subject.otherTechnical aids
dc.subject.otherTiflotechnology
dc.titleThe usability of ICTs in people with visual disabilities: a challenge in Spainen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.issue17
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
oaire.citation.volume19
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.versionVoR
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