Types of accessibility have typically been used for the purpose of promoting social skills in people with learning disabilities. When emotion is detected from different types of accessibility, it is easier for someone with learning disabilities to receive information while communicating with others, know what the other person is feeling and/or communicating. This explains how understanding other peoples’ emotions play a great role in building and maintaining social relationships. 


Purpose of accessibility


Non-verbal information like pictures, posture, facial expression, and body language are retrieved by reading others’ emotions to label and comprehend them, because emotion plays a great role in trying to understand and connect with others.


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Individuals with learning disabilities have difficulty with language expression and comprehension. As a result, they rely more on non-verbal indicators to process information from others. 


Learning & Cognitive Accessibility  

McKenzie, K., Matheson, E., McKaskie, K., Hamilton, L., &amp; Murray, G. C. (2000). Impact of group training on emotion recognition in individuals with a learning disability. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 28(4), 143–147. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1468-3156.2000.00061.x 

Impact of group training on emotion recognition in individuals with a learning disability


How accessibility is retrieved 



Creators and educators providing writing in bigger text with simpler words and pictures can help improve reading comprehension among groups effected by learning and cognitive disabilities. Additionally, providing clear indicators of a person's posture, facial expression, and body language when they speak can help improve comprehension of emotional cues.

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