A usable web for long-stay hospitalised children

Abstract

This paper analyses the problems that should be
 considered when designing a web site for
 disadvantaged children. We focus our research on
 long-stay hospitalised children who use the Internet to
 communicate with realities located outside their usual
 surroundings, especially with distance education
 related activities. We introduce a case study which
 focuses on the use of the Internet in some Italian
 hospitals and then we sketch out some guidelines for
 designing usable web sites for hospitalised children.