Motor Impairments

Abstract

People with motor impairments generally experience a partial or total loss of function of a body part and can be affected by chronic pain, muscle weakness, lack of muscle control, or paralysis.¹ These impairments impact millions of people, but there has been very little research into the exact number. Microsoft commissioned the last major study and found that roughly 7% of working-age adults have a severe dexterity difficulty that would likely force them to seek alternative methods for navigating the Web.² The total now is almost certainly more.