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This paper deconstructs everyday mobility practices from a perspective of accessibility and social and transport (dis)advantage in two capital port cities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) – Freetown, Sierra Leone and Maputo, Mozambique. The paper proposes a novel framework that interprets social and transport (dis)advantage conditions as critical drivers of mobility behaviours and the resulting (in)accessibility that circumscribes individuals’ experience. Building on its framework, the paper raises unique empirical qualitative evidence from eight neighbourhoods about mobility practices across populations facing different degrees of social and transport (dis)advantage. The study’s design is grounded in the in-depth understanding of accessibility using qualitative methods as a counterpoint to predominant quantitative and spatial approaches, filling critical data gaps in cities in SSA. The findings reveal a deep-seated aspiration for car ownership, tempered by the urgency of other immediate material needs, as well as the dynamic nature of travel behaviour due to changing conditions during the day and throughout the year. The findings also indicate informality plays a significant role in enabling access to critical opportunities and the need to strengthen trust in popular transport systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This document focuses on urban dispersion and accessibility in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico and its influence on the university student population. This is achieved through the analysis of three groups of data: mobility surveys of the student community, school performance monitoring data provided by the University, and data from Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI) on the location of main transportation in the city. The research provides results on the geographical dispersion of students, their dependence on the public transportation system, and how this situation is related to accessibility and academic performance, particularly in the case of students with greater lag. Finally, the importance of implementing these studies in businesses and schools that will contribute to the development of transportation and urban planning policies that reduce social disparities and improve mobility in the urban environment is highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The advancement of technology enables new resources for education. The convergence of accessibility, usability, serious games (SG) and user-centered design (UCD) enables the development of inclusive resources to respond to the needs of people with disabilities. This work aims to analyze and synthesize the developments of digital educational games, focusing on the technical aspects that facilitate their implementation in the classroom. The criteria and recommendations of the PRISMA protocol (2020) were applied to carry out the search. Keywords were used to explore the databases of Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed and 21 journals, covering the period between 2018 and 2023. In the initial investigation, 799 articles were identified, and after applying the purification process 24 publications were analyzed. The results indicate a growing and continuous interest in the topic. Current trends in the design and use of accessible video games for people with intellectual disabilities were identified, as well as their impact on learning and educational inclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Las personas con discapacidad se enfrentan a diario con barreras que derivan del entorno físico, material o social en el que se desenvuelven. Para lograr que dicho entorno sea completamente inclusivo, se debe garantizar la accesibilidad, realizar las adaptaciones necesarias y reconocer las habilidades de cada individuo. El presente artículo muestra los resultados de una investigación llevada a cabo con el fin de comprobar si las bibliotecas están respondiendo a las necesidades los usuarios con discapacidad. Se analiza la producción científica en este ámbito en los últimos cincuenta años relacionada con las iniciativas de accesibilidad e inclusión destinadas a garantizar el acceso a la información de las personas con discapacidad en función del tipo de esta. Dicho análisis se sustenta en la realización de una revisión sistemática sobre el uso de los conceptos de “accesibilidad” e “inclusión” relacionados con el de “biblioteca” en la producción científica del ámbito de la Biblioteconomía y la Documentación en las bases de datos de Web of Science, Scopus y Library Science Database, Con ello, se pretende estudiar la atención que se presta a las personas con discapacidad y, en especial, a las personas con discapacidad auditiva = People with disabilities face daily barriers arising from the physical, material, or social environment in which they live. In order to make such an environment fully inclusive, accessibility must be guaranteed, the necessary adaptations must be made, and the abilities of each individual must be recognised. This article shows the results of a research carried out with the aim of checking whether libraries are responding to the needs of users with disabilities. It analyses the scientific production in this field over the last fifty years related to accessibility and inclusion initiatives aimed at guaranteeing access to information for people with disabilities according to the type of disability. This analysis is based on a systematic review of the use of the concepts of “accessibility” and “inclusion” related to “library” in the scientific production in the field of Library and Information Science in the databases of Web of Science, Scopus and Library Science Database, aiming to study the attention paid to people with disabilities and, in particular, to people with hearing disability.

La accesibilidad y el diseño inclusivo actualmente son criterios que han sido atendidos normativa y legalmente. Sin embargo, la importancia que estos tienen en el diseño del entorno construido es considerada como limitante e inhibidora de la creatividad por los profesionistas de la construcción. El presente trabajo exhibe una discusión sobre estos conceptos y su relación con los valores universales planteados por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y su aplicación local en el diseño de proyectos arquitectónicos. Para ello se realizará un análisis teórico, una revisión del estado del arte del diseño inclusivo y la accesibilidad, y se discutirán los elementos necesarios para mejorar la comprensión de estos conceptos. El resultado del trabajo es una propuesta de cambio en el paradigma con respecto a la inclusión y accesibilidad en el proceso de diseño y desarrollo del proyecto arquitectónico mediante la incorporación de elementos conceptuales contemporáneos y locales.

Transport matters for health and education outcomes, by ensuring physical access to crucial facilities. Using spatial modelling techniques and routable public transport service data, this study assesses the effectiveness of mostly semi fixed-route public transport systems in connecting people to advanced healthcare and education facilities in African cities. Uncovering significant pockets of ‘accessibility poverty’ – travel times above an acceptable level – it underscores the inequality in access within the cities, disproportionately affecting poor populations. Proximity of public transport to homes matters but has limited impact, due to how the routes, operated mainly by informal service providers, are allocated across the urban space and the low technical performance. The low ‘value added’ of public transport compared to walking helps explain the prevalence of foot travel. Tailored policy interventions – improving the public transport systems and, equally importantly, ensuring more equitable spatial distribution of advanced healthcare facilities – emerge as crucial strategies for addressing accessibility poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increasing proximity between protected areas (PAs) and urban areas, which can lead to urban protected areas (UPAs), is now commonplace. Use of Euclidean distance to measure the distance between PAs and cities has not correctly portrayed the spatial relationship between PAs and cities. We devised an isochronous circle model to accurately measure the distance between 2706 national PAs in 5 categories and 2844 cities in China based on human accessibility to identify urban human activity‐influenced protected areas (UHAIPAs) and to quantitatively analyze their distribution patterns and relationships with China's economy, population distribution patterns, and urban development indicators. Most of the PAs in China were established near cities. Of 2746 PAs in China, 18.35% (n = 504) became UPAs, and 58.27% (n = 1600), 16.72% (n = 459), and 3.31% (n = 91) of PAs were within 0–30, 30–60, and 60–90 min, respectively. Both UPAs and UHAIPAs in China in general exhibited obvious spatial aggregation characteristics (e.g., wetland parks and scenic areas), and there was a significant spatial dependence effect among characteristics. The degree of spatial distribution and aggregation of UPAs was correlated with 16 indicators across urban economic development, urban natural substrate, and urban policy support factors. Based on the results of our study, we call for various governments and scholars to focus on areas where wetland parks and PAs overlap with urban boundaries. It is important to emphasize the potential link between the development of agriculture, forestry, livestock and fisheries industries, and UPAs. Overall, we believe that examining the accessibility of PAs can more accurately measure the distance between PAs and cities, and more realistically reflect the possible impacts of urban human activities on PAs, which is helpful for strengthening the conservation and management of PAs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

People with disabilities face daily barriers arising from the physical, material, or social environment in which they live. In order to make such an environment fully inclusive, accessibility must be guaranteed, the necessary adaptations must be made, and the abilities of each individual must be recognised. This article shows the results of a research carried out with the aim of checking whether libraries are responding to the needs of users with disabilities. It analyses the scientific production in this field over the last fifty years related to accessibility and inclusion initiatives aimed at guaranteeing access to information for people with disabilities according to the type of disability. This analysis is based on a systematic review of the use of the concepts of "accessibility" and "inclusion" related to "library" in the scientific production in the field of Library and Information Science in the databases of Web of Science, Scopus and Library Science Database, aiming to study the attention paid to people with disabilities and, in particular, to people with hearing disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article provides a detailed analysis of the Spanish context in relation to the independent living of people with disabilities. It emphasises the importance of accessibility, deinstitutionalisation, and personal assistance as key factors. Four years after Spain’s review by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a thorough examination of the policies and laws implemented by the Spanish government is conducted from a human rights perspective. The article updates and delves into the debates on achieving independent and autonomous living for people with disabilities in Spain, offering a comprehensive view of the legal and political environment that facilitates this essential transformation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Intersectional feminist translation provides visibility to the historically hidden or marginalized characters and narratives. This article interrogates the strategies we can apply to translate images into words, that is, to audio describe non-normative identities while adhering to the particularities of audiovisual productions. It poses the question of how to provide a feminist audio description that aligns with the creators' intent. The objective of this study is to analyse the strategies applied to create a gender-conscious AD of a documentary on lesbophobia where ten women share their experiences as non-normative persons. They are defined by a series of intrinsic features such as race, gender expression or age and present a myriad of differences that have irremediably influenced their experience of lesbophobia and how society reads and identifies them. The visual contents in this documentary provide essential information that complements the understanding of the problem by people with visual impairment. This action research study analyses the challenges emerged during the AD production. It aims to emphasize the mediating power of AD professionals and how they influence the understanding of blind audiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Urban locations with high centrality are associated with locational advantages, making them more desirable and expensive. There is not a consensus yet on how centrality affects real estate prices for different markets and income groups. In Brazil, this theme is relatively unexplored. This article uses an approach based on urban spatial networks, going beyond simple centrality descriptions considering the distance to the Central Business District (CBD). The objective is to analyse how apartment prices relate to two location attributes: accessibility (relative distance) and centrality (relative importance). Weighted network models are applied at two scales: city-wide and neighbourhoods. The database includes a sample of 400 offers for the sale of used apartments in 2022 and 2023 in Porto Alegre, analysed collectively and segmented into three price classes. Configurational indicators were calculated using the Graph Analysis Urban Networks (GAUS) plugin. Both configurational measures and prices were normalized using the Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) technique and correlated in a GIS environment. Results indicate that the most accessible areas of Porto Alegre have higher unit price (per square meter) apartments. Conversely, areas with higher centrality have cheaper properties, likely due to the availability of services and transportation. The more expensive apartments tend to avoid locations with higher centrality values, both globally and at the neighbourhood level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Basic Health Units lack infrastructure to guarantee accessibility for people with disabilities, as they often present inadequacies on public roads and lack of access to the entrance to the facilities. Buildings lacking accessibility create significant obstacles to the health of people with disabilities, providing distance between the individual in need of care and the health unit. Therefore, many challenges are faced by this public, and therefore, the objective is to: Know and characterize the faces and interfaces of accessibility for people with disabilities. Given the knowledge explored, it is known that the National Policy for People with Disabilities is a source of technical and scientific knowledge for those who use it, including health professionals, family members, and people with disabilities. Knowing that access to the Unified Health System (SUS) is the main gateway for these patients, this article is of great importance, as it allows reflection on the topic in question and generates new possibilities for discussion. Including people with disabilities in the decision-making process about their own care is crucial. This means respecting their autonomy, listening to their needs, and ensuring they have understandable information to make informed decisions about their health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Este artículo se basa en una investigación etnográfica llevada adelante durante los años 2020 y 2021 en el hospital público Carolina Tobar García, único monovalente en salud mental infanto-juvenil de la Argentina. Tiene como objetivo analizar el lugar de la certificación de discapacidad en las prácticas y estrategias de los/las profesionales al momento de abordar ciertas problemáticas. Se desarrollará la tensión que existe entre los estigmas sociales de la discapacidad y la accesibilidad a derechos que el Certificado Único de Discapacidad confiere. En este sentido, se analizará de qué manera los/las profesionales trabajan el certificado con los/las pacientes y sus grupos familiares. También, se abordará la importancia de la certificación de discapacidad para mejorar el pronóstico de los/las niño/as y adolescentes que se atienden en la institución cuando deben ser externados.

Introducción: Con la creciente demanda de aplicaciones en el mercado, las empresas han priorizado atender las necesidades tecnológicas del usuario promedio en detrimento de aquellos con diversidad funcional. Esto ha convertido la accesibilidad en un desafío crucial en diversos contextos, especialmente en el ámbito educativo, donde la diversidad de personas que acceden a contenido web es notable. Objetivo: Este trabajo presenta un estudio basado en una inspección de accesibilidad de seis portales web pertenecientes a universidades en la ciudad de Cartagena. El objetivo es determinar la relación entre la inclusión de pautas de accesibilidad y los factores de posicionamiento web obtenidos a través de Webometrics. Metodología: Se definen cinco fases metodológicas: elección de los portales web, selección de herramientas de inspección, aplicación de la inspección de accesibilidad, análisis de los resultados y formulación de conclusiones y recomendaciones. Resultados: Como resultado del estudio, se ha determinado una correlación superior a 0.8 entre el ranking local de las universidades según Webometrics y el ranking de problemas de accesibilidad identificados mediante herramientas de inspección automática. Conclusiones: El uso de herramientas automáticas de evaluación web debería ser implementado por las instituciones educativas para mejorar la accesibilidad de los sitios institucionales. Esta revisión periódica y la corrección de errores es una buena práctica para mejorar el posicionamiento local e internacional. ABSTRACT Introduction: With the growing demand for applications in the market, companies have increasingly focused on meeting the technological needs of the average user, often overlooking those with functional diversity. Consequently, accessibility has emerged as a critical challenge across various contexts, particularly within the educational sphere, where the diverse range of individuals accessing web content is particularly pronounced. Objective: This paper presents a study centered on the accessibility inspection of six university websites located in the city of Cartagena. The primary aim is to ascertain the relationship between the integration of accessibility guidelines and web positioning factors as determined by Webometrics. Methodology: The methodology comprises five distinct phases: website selection, tool selection for inspection, execution of accessibility inspection, analysis of obtained results, and formulation of conclusions and recommendations. Results: The study revealed a correlation exceeding 0.8 between the local ranking of universities according to Webometrics and the ranking of accessibility issues identified through automated inspection tools. Conclusions: It is recommended that educational institutions adopt automatic web evaluation tools to enhance the accessibility of their institutional websites. This regular review and rectification of issues represent best practices for improving both local and international visibility and usability.

En los últimos años, Cali, Colombia, ha sido territorio receptor de la diáspora de migrantes provenientes de Venezuela, ya sea como lugar de tránsito en el recorrido de esta población o como asentamiento permanente, en búsqueda de mejores oportunidades. Esta situación, con diferentes matices, en el contexto de una ciudad intermedia ubicada en el sur global, ha generado retos institucionales sin precedentes relacionados con la garantía de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales (DESC), así como con las necesidades de convivencia social. El propósito en este artículo es explorar algunas de las tensiones que se han presentado frente a la integración social de la población migrante en Cali, Colombia, a partir del análisis del acceso a los derechos a la salud y el trabajo. Como referente principal, se acude a fuentes orales de participantes migrantes venezolanos y venezolanas que se encuentran en la ciudad, recopiladas durante el periodo de desescalamiento del aislamiento social en el marco de la pandemia por el COVID-19.

How do people make decisions on where, when, and how to commute? And how did the pandemic crisis affect their commuting patterns? Based on exploratory interviews in Lima and family chronicles collected in Bogotá during 2020; and a second round of interviews in six low-income areas in the peripheries of these two cities during 2021, this article offers a panoramic view of the changes experienced in low-income neighbourhoods and their families during these recent years of pandemic. These changes bring to light the role of intra-household arrangements regarding mobility and accessibility. We suggest that mobility and accessibility can better be understood on a more systemic level (influenced by intra-household arrangements), as a collective phenomenon (based on the household’s resources and the household’s needs), and even as a collective decision-making process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ability to overcome geographical distance is necessary to participate in social inclusion activities, such as employment. This paper seeks to describe the accessibility of job opportunities outside Uruguay’s capital city metropolitan area. This analysis entails empirically assessing intercity accessibility because workers in small cities frequently have to commute outside their cities of residence. This research reveals different regional accessibility profiles and allows us to identify vulnerable regions based on lack of accessibility to job opportunities. For the most vulnerable regions, travel by public transport would afford access to a number of job opportunities that, after considering the number of job seekers, would provide a level of employment well below the national rate. The findings suggest that policies to improve accessibility should not be homogeneous and must consider regional disparities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Brazilian cities are typically unequal and car dominated, where poorer communities mainly rely on public transport, walking and cycling. Yet, understanding the experience of using these modes within specific contexts remains limited. In this paper, we illustrate how the ‘New Mobilities Paradigm’ can contribute to the ‘Accessibility Turn’ in urban research. Focusing on the low-income ‘Cruzeiro-Tronco’ neighbourhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil, we incorporate considerations of equity and social inclusion by applying Jensen’s ‘Staging Mobilities’ framework to examine how mobility is ‘staged from above’ by institutions and ‘staged from below’ by residents. We used biographical interviews and mobile methods to provide in-depth accounts of the lived experience of walking and cycling, showing how residents navigate the spaces and negotiate their mobility strategies in places deemed accessible by conventional ‘objective’ metrics. By applying Jensen’s framework as part of a mixed-methods research approach, we provide a more informative and context-specific account of the accessibility landscape, constructing knowledge with participants about the meanings of accessibility to support more inclusive policies and designs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Incorporating accessibility in software development brings significant benefits such as the inclusion of people with disabilities. Recognizing the diversity of users with different requirements and needs within software development facilitates its use by the greatest number of users regardless of their individual conditions. The objective of this research is to obtain a knowledge base to identify those practices for which there is evidence of their use in the development of accessible software. A Systematic Literature Mapping (SLM) focused on identifying practices that incorporate accessibility activities in the software life cycle was conducted, resulting in 29 studies that met the selection criteria. The results show that the phase with more evidence of incorporation of accessibility activities in software development is the testing phase, when testers are used to verify accessibility within web pages, followed by the construction phase, when methodologies that include accessibility within the software development process are used; in the design phase it is common to incorporate artifacts that guide the development of accessible software and, finally, in the requirements phase it is common to use the requirements description to obtain and document accessibility requirements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the development of this investigative work, the importance of the return of the value added tax is reflected in the economy of the elderly of the Noboa parish, 24 de Mayo, where these people do not have defined knowledge about the return of the Tax Added Value (VAT). That is why the general objective was defined, which is to analyze the return of the VAT and its importance in the economy of the elderly of the Noboa parish, taking into consideration the existing lack of knowledge on the part of the adults greater. A mixed methodology was used, field, bibliographic and descriptive research; In the same way, bibliographic, deductive, inductive and statistical methods were implemented, to obtain relevant information, a survey technique was developed where non-probabilistic sampling was chosen, and the sample of 30 older adults was selected to apply said technique. The results indicate that the older adults surveyed are unaware of the VAT refund and that, furthermore, they have not received talks on this topic, concluding that these people need training so that they can enjoy this benefit and have a stable life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The access of rural societies to welfare opportunities and resources is at the core of policy and research agendas. The persistent ruralurban gap increases the risks of exclusion and is a challenge that rural dwellers tackle by bolstering their mobility to access labour markets, resources and services. The car has become a vector in the connections and transformations that sustain rural life; however, this mobility is also a source of new fractures in social and territorial cohesion. This paper explores how the rural mobility system has been shaped and analyses its impact on these societies. The results suggest integrating the issue of mobility into rural policies from a more complex sociological perspective, addressing demographic challenges, regional development and territorial cohesion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Between the decades of 1960 and 1990, the family dairy farming activity, a fundamental link in the dairy circuit located in the dairy basin in Buenos Aires province, experienced significant transformations. These were driven by the demands of pasteurization, the mechanization of tasks, the railways decline, the automobile transportation growth, the lower labour demand, changes in dairy demand and the expansion of large diversified plants. Within a context of process of productive change, which role did mobility, in terms of infrastructure and practices, play? How did mobility restrict family dairy production? How did (in)accessibility influence? In order to answer these questions that have not deserved enough historiographical attention, this research describes the daily life of dairy farming families in the General Paz district, with the focus placed on mobility practices and the accessibility problems that made their social reproduction difficult in the mentioned period. To do this, a socio-territorial approach will be used and multiple sources will be compiled and analyzed, such as the press, legislation, statistics, maps and interviews. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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En este artículo se busca explicar la situación jurídica de la población penitenciaria con discapacidad en el Perú. Para ello, se realiza un estudio sobre las personas con discapacidad dentro de la realidad penitenciaria peruana, seguido por el análisis del marco jurídico respectivo, así como los avances y desafíos locales de sus derechos. Se propone mejoras al sistema penitenciario en aras de brindar una mayor accesibilidad, disponibilidad, aceptabilidad e inclusión en los establecimientos carcelarios. Estas mejoras consisten en el trato humano de la vulnerabilidad en reemplazo de la política resocializadora tradicional en tanto fnalidad de la pena y la instauración de juzgados de ejecución penal para el procesamiento de los benefcios penitenciarios. Se emplea una metodología cualitativa con diseño documental y alcance descriptivo. Por último, como principales hallazgos, dada la extrema vulnerabilidad en que vive la población penitenciaria con discapacidad en el Perú, se destaca la necesidad de dotar a la pena de prisión de fundamentos políticos distributivos, facilitando así la alineación con estándares internacionales de derechos humanos que prioricen la reducción de barreras estructurales. En este respecto, es viable la adopción de la política del trato humano y la implementación de juzgados de ejecución penal con la fnalidad de reducir la vulnerabilidad de los reclusos con discapacidad y promover el respeto de sus derechos fundamentales.

Motivó esta investigación el conocimiento de que las personas con trastornos cognitivos y de la comunicación, los cuales suelen presentarse con mayor frecuencia en la población adulta, ven afectadas su calidad de vida y la de su entorno cercano, necesitando apoyos para su vida cotidiana y, muchas veces, para llevar adelante sus terapias. Existe en la actualidad oferta terapéutica informatizada destinada a terapias de rehabilitación de personas con las discapacidades mencionadas. Conocer la experiencia de los usuarios (personas con discapacidad cognitiva y/o de la comunicación, sus cuidadores/as y terapeutas) será de gran ayuda para los diseñadores de sistemas informáticos orientados a la rehabilitación o al ocio de las personas con discapacidad. Por lo antedicho se plantearon los objetivos de identificar reclamos de terapeutas usuarios/as de software destinado a personas con trastornos cognitivos y de la comunicación (claims), luego identificar UX smells y recomendaciones de usabilidad. Luego, identificar nuevos claims y categorías de claims, a partir de la experiencia de terapeutas, personas con afasia o trastornos cognitivos y sus cuidadores/as, de la provincia de Buenos Aires, usuarios de productos informáticos, destinados a la rehabilitación del lenguaje de personas con afasia y a la estimulación cognitiva de personas con trastornos cognitivos.

El presente trabajo expone una propuesta que busca aportar a los procesos de educación inclusiva de los estudiantes con discapacidad mediados por tecnologías digitales en entornos virtuales de aprendizaje. Esta se sostiene en el concepto foucaultiano de dispositivo, para reconocer la heterogeneidad de elementos involucrados; en el diseño tecno-pedagógico, donde el uso de la tecnología se haya definido por los objetivos de aprendizaje, a la vez que se reconocen los límites y posibilidades de esas tecnologías; y en el concepto de accesibilidad, como condición inherente para la participación de los estudiantes. La propuesta se estructura en torno a cuatro dimensiones estrechamente relacionadas: hardware, software, contenidos y pedagogía. Para diseñar las condiciones de accesibilidad necesarias en cada una de ellas se retoman los aportes de estudiantes con discapacidad y sus docentes de apoyo, provenientes de una investigación que aborda el acceso y uso de tecnologías digitales de las personas con discapacidad en los contextos de la educación secundaria de la ciudad de Salta.