Standards Development

Scope

This document establishes requirements for reporting the cognitive accessibility of products and technologies, including: Assistive products, Assistive technologies, Consumer technologies, and Household appliances. This document is intended to increase access to a variety of products. Designers can use this guidance along with any existing standards and accompanying test methods for their products.

Purpose

ISO 21802 Assistive products — Guidelines on cognitive accessibility — Daily time management was published in January 2019 and ISO 21801-1 Cognitive accessibility - Part 1: General guidelines was published in January 2020.

ISO /TC 173/ WG10 Assistive products for cognitive disabilities is preparing a draft for ISO/CD 21801-2 Cognitive accessibility - Part 2: Reporting

NWIP 21801-2 is based on a proposal from ANSI/RESNA about Reporting the Cognitive Accessibility of Products and Technologies.

These standards affect people with cognitive impairment, i.e. Alzheimer’s, attention disorder, autism, brain injury, cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, learning disability, Parkinson’s disease, and stroke; their caregivers and educators; and manufacturers of technology products they use. They are designed to increase accessibility of mainstream and assistive products for people with cognitive impairment, at different stages of development (children and the aging), and who have difficulty communicating. Stakeholders include people with cognitive impairment, caregivers, educators, and organizations representing the technical needs of persons with cognitive impairments, entities that establish coding guidelines and establish policy for the provision of cognitive technologies, manufacturers of cognitive devices, and researchers, designers, and test laboratories of cognitive devices.