Common parlance generally speaks of « handicap »; but there is a difference between disability, impairment and other terms defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). When a medical diagnosis is made, it is primarily a finding of impairment, according to the terminology adopted by the WHO. The deficiency (sensory in the case of vision) leads to activity limitations (inability to read letters that are too small, for example) and to participation […]

Background and objectives Whether at school, in daily life or in professional life, we need to consult maps, diagrams, graphs, etc. These maps are necessary for building skills and mental models used in many fields (geography, biology, mathematics, mechanics, etc.). For people with visual impairments, access to these different graphics is not excellent, which can have consequences on learning. The « Augmented Space Reality » (or SAR in English) project started in […]