Accessibility Resources

Making Self-Management Mobile Health Apps Accessible to People with Disabilities: A Qualitative Single-Subject Study

Description: This study examines access needs for people with disabilities that use health improvement apps. It includes suggestions for designing accessibility options, such as button size and location. There is also a ready-to-use health app: IMHERE 2.0.

URL: https://mhealth.jmir.org/2020/1/e15060 (study), https://imhere.pitt.edu/ (app)

Creation Date: March 2020            

Type of Product: study; tips 

People Required: organization (app creation), individual (app use)

Adaptation Needed: would need a programmer if designing own apps

Rural Adaptations: technology skills needed, including internet access

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read document

Funding: might vary – for devices

Staff Needed: may need staff for app creation or to assist with installing and learning to use app

Supplies: need this guide and external resources mentioned, technology

Technology: need online access and tablet/smartphone/computer if using app

Alone/Group: group (app development), alone (app use)

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: not having technology, not knowing how to use technology

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 12 (study)

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great, app designed for use by many people with different types of disabilities


Employment for Aging Adults with a Disability

Description: This fact sheet includes information on accommodations, vocational rehabilitation, work/benefits balance, and volunteering considerations.

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Creation Date: 2013            

Type of Product: factsheet; tips 

People Required: individual

Adaptation Needed: none

Rural Adaptations: dependent on availability of accommodations and vocational rehabilitation offices

Reading Time: does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed

Staff Needed: follow-up questions on benefits, accommodations, VR help

Supplies: need this guide and external resources mentioned

Technology: need this guide and other resources included; can be printed

Alone/Group: done alone

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: inability to understand outsourced reference material (ADA guidelines); need to print resources; inability to find local VR office or waiting list for services

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 11

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great, but some suggestions are dependent on availability of others and resources


Making Web-Based Job Application Forms Accessible to All Users

Description: This infosheet includes tips to make web-based job application forms accessible to all users.

URL: https://nwadacenter.org/factsheet/making-web-based-job-application-forms-accessible-all-users

Creation Date: March 2017

Type of Product: infosheet; tips 

People Required: organization

Adaptation Needed: maybe some updates

Rural Adaptations: does not appear to be limited to urban areas

Reading Time: Does not take a long time to read the document

Funding: none needed for the guide

Staff Needed: web developer to update websites/job postings and staff to test with accessibility tools

Supplies: job applications; technology to access website

Technology: need to be able to accesswebsite

Alone/Group: Done alone or group depending on testing requirements

Recruitment/Attrition Risk: may need significant changes depending on website accessibility

Plain Language Rating (Flesch-Kincaid): Grade 8

Practical As-Is for Implementation: great