Age-Related Accessibility

The design considerations and accommodations needed to ensure digital technology is usable by older adults who experience age-related changes in vision, hearing, cognition, and motor control. Common challenges include reduced visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, narrowed field of view, decreased selective attention, slower information processing, reduced fine motor control, and difficulty with small targets or complex interactions. Age-related accessibility overlaps with but is distinct from disability-specific accessibility, as age-related changes tend to be gradual, variable, and often affect multiple modalities simultaneously.