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• Seeing Data Differently: How Accessibility Research Is Rethinking Charts, Graphs, and Visual Information

  Bob Dodd — 2026-03-18

  Data visualisation is one of the most persistent accessibility challenges — and researchers are moving beyond alt text to multimodal, interactive, and community-driven approaches. This article examines approximately 80 papers spanning the screen reader gap, sonification that achieves performance parity with sighted users, tactile graphics from embroidered textures to data comics, dashboard navigation, AI-assisted interpretation, the overlooked needs of low-vision magnifier users, and the shift from data consumption to data creation by blind users.

  • data visualization
  • sonification
  • tactile graphics
  • screen readers
  • alt text
  • blind and low vision
  • low vision
  • data accessibility
  • STEM accessibility
  • multimodal interaction
  • large language models
  • dashboards
  • refreshable tactile display
  • 3D printing
  • crip technoscience