Accesibilidad a la información y la inclusión social de personas con discapacidad visual

Abstract

Technological advances and the evolution of the media, especially the Internet, facilitates the transfer of messages to and between people, in particular between people with visual disabilities. The project presented herein determined the accessibility to information of people with visual disabilities and its effect on their social integration in the province of Tungurahua; with the overall objective to identify methodological strategies, including the integration of ICT tools, that will enhance communication, accessibility to information and social inclusion, leading ultimately in an improvement of the quality of life. Important features and guidelines to develop communication and accessibility, not only with people possessing visual disability, were obtained through a quantitative and bibliographic survey of the field resulting in important features to reach and improve communication. Along the survey better ideas were generated on how to live better with this disabled group of the society.