Here is a wonderfully open account of using (and developing) the web when suffering from depression. In addition to clear descriptions of effects there are some hard facts on the number of people with what amounts to a cognitive disorder. The figures again reiterate what we know about the numbers of people with a disability in general and that people with cognitive disabilities are still largely excluded. The clear descriptions point to a number of adjustments that can be made to ensure "Easy access" (tm Christian Heilmann). Finally a few tips are given, none of which are rocket science (as usual with accessibility).
I will not suggest you dumb web sites down to a 3rd grade intelligence like commercials do. But read your content and ask yourself, is it really clear?
We don’t have any easy tools to help us with this and I have no assistive technology to help me understand. All I have is the effort you put into it… for those like me, simple is better.
I can personally identify with some of symptoms from a short phase of mild depression brought on by a combination of sleep apnoea and a baby daughter who would cry most of the night. It's like wading through porridge at times.
Keywords: Accessibility, cognitive disorder, Depression, Learning difficulties, web