Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
106 results found tagged wayfinding.
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"We are at the mercy of others' opinion": Supporting Blind People in Recreational Window Shopping with AI-infused Technology
This paper investigates how AI-powered navigation technology can support blind people in recreational window shopping — an activity that sighted people take for granted but remains largely inaccessible to those without vision. Researchers from the Un…
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"Where Can I Park?" Understanding Human Perspectives and Scalably Detecting Disability Parking from Aerial Imagery
This mixed-methods paper addresses the critical gap in understanding and assessing disability parking in the United States. Despite ADA mandates requiring 4-8% of public parking spaces to be accessible, there has been no large-scale investigation of …
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Improving Public Transit Accessibility for Blind Riders by Crowdsourcing Bus Stop Landmark Locations with Google Street View: An Extended Analysis
This paper tackles a fundamental challenge in public transit accessibility: helping blind and low-vision riders locate bus stops, which often lack nonvisual markers or consistent landmark placement. The researchers developed Bus Stop CSI (Crowdsourci…
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"Seven Stitches Later": A Technologically Interdependent Travel Experience From The Perspective Of A Visually Impaired Individual
This autoethnographic experience report presents a technologically interdependent travel framework developed from over ten years of first-hand travel experience by the author, a visually impaired individual. The paper's title references a real injury…
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Dude, Where's My Luggage? An Autoethnographic Account of Airport Navigation by a Traveler with Residual Vision
This paper presents an autoethnographic study of airport navigation by a legally blind traveler with residual vision, conducted across eight round-trips through six U.S. airports. The first author, Cameron, who has Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy r…
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The Future of Urban Accessibility: The Role of AI
This workshop paper examines the emerging role of artificial intelligence in designing equitable and accessible cities, transportation systems, and navigation tools for people with disabilities. The authors — spanning HCI, urban planning, public heal…