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Ageing and accessibility
- 1. Investing in your family’s future Andrew Arch @amja andrew@intopia.digital Senior Digital Accessibility Consultant creating an inclusive digital world intopia.digital @IntopiaDigital
- 2. Fact: our population is ageing Source: ABS 3222.0 - Population Projections, Australia, 2012 (base) to 2101 For a dynamic view see the ABS Population Pyramid Year 65+ years 80+ years 2010 14% 1.8% 2020 16% 2.1% 2030 19% 2.4% 2040 21% 3.5% 2050 22% 4.4%
- 3. Fact: older people increasingly online Source: ACMA - Digital lives of older Australians (Aug 2016 )
- 4. Fact: older people do similar things online, just not as frequently Source: ACMA - Digital lives of older Australians (Aug 2016 )
- 5. Fact: age brings disability Source: ABS 4430.0 - Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, 2015
- 6. Ageing and hearing loss • Impact: • Audio can be difficult to discern • Higher pitch sounds can be missed • Prevalence: • 47% of people 61 to 80 years • 93% of people 81+ years
- 7. Ageing and vision decline • Impact: • Decreasing ability to focus on near tasks • Changing colour perception and sensitivity • Decreasing contrast sensitivity • Prevalence: (significant vision loss) • 16% of people 65 - 74 years • 19% of people 75 – 84 years • 46% of people 85+ years
- 8. Ageing and physical decline • Impact: (Motor skill decline can result from many conditions including arthritis and Parkinson's Disease) • Difficulty using mouse • Including hand-eye coordination for some • Difficulty clicking small targets • Strain from non-ergonomic tasks • Prevalence: (Conditions most commonly reported) • Arthritis • At least 50% of people over 65 affected • Essential tremor • Affects up to 20% of people over 65 • Parkinson's Disease • Approximately 4% of people over 85 affected
- 9. Ageing and cognitive decline • Impact: Navigation, comprehension, and task completion can be affected by: • Short term memory problems • Difficulty with concentration • Distraction from movement or irrelevant material • Difficulty coping with information overload • Struggle adapting to change • Prevalence: (Conditions most commonly reported) • Dementia: • 1.4% of people 65-69 yrs • 24% of people 85+ yrs • Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is more common: • Around 20% of people over 70 years are estimated to experience MCI
- 10. ‘Accessibility is just the beginning. It is usability that makes the difference.’ Patti Moore UX Australia keynote 2016
- 12. Look after your ageing family Image: https://www.haveyoursaygleneira.com.au/positive-ageing-strategy
- 13. Let’s continue the conversation A11y Camp – October 2018 IntopiaDigital amja andrew@intopia.digital creating an inclusive digital world intopia.digital
Notas do Editor
- In fact an 8yo is now estimated to have a 50% chance of living to 105
- Percent of users undertaking activity in 4-week period in June 2015
- In 2015, 18.6% of females and 18.0% of males had disability 51% aged 65 and over have a disability, compared to 13% under 65 5 to 14 years (males 12.0% and females 7.0%) 65 to 69 years (males 39.7% and females 36.0%). 90+ years - 68.3% of females had a profound or severe limitation cf with 51.2% of males
- All heard about the IT support experience of “point your mouse at the XX”? Mouse use – also hand-eye coordination
- Which includes ‘readbility’