Media Access Australia and the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network have published a review of the accessibility of the most popular social media for people with a disability.
Importantly, in addition to providing a nice overview of the accessibility issues with Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, YouTube, Skype and various blogging platforms Sociability: Social Media for People with a Disability also includes practical tips and workarounds, developed in consultation with social media users who have a disability.
There’s a lot of useful content and it is well worth downloading the document and reading through in its entirety (just in case you missed the link the first time).
The report’s author, Dr Scott Hollier, a project manager at Media Access Australia includes a short section on the benefits of social media specifically for people with disabilities:
While the reasons for and potential benefits of creating, modifying, sharing and discussing things online are clear for the general public, for people with disabilities the benefits have the potential to be even more profound. The BBC Ouch! website recently discussed the impact of social media on people with disabilities.
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