Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC24)

This poster was presented at Computer Graphics & Visual Computing (CGVC24) at City St George's, University of London.

Poster: Data Visualization Experiences of People with Language Disability, a Qualitative Study

Niamh Devane, Tracey Booth, Nicola Botting, Madeline Cruice, Abi Roper, Stephanie Wilson, Jo Wood

The accessibility of data visualization has been explored for people with visual and learning disabilities but not language disability. This exploratory, qualitative study invited adults with language disability to keep a diary of daily examples of data visualizations and then discuss them in an interview. Findings suggest people with language disability use data visualizations in everyday decision-making, but ease of use was variable. Future research could explore accessibility of different data visualization designs with this population.

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