Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
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Bridging the Digital Divide: Enhancing Digital Inclusion of Blind or Partially Sighted and Deaf or Hard of Hearing Individuals in Low- and Middle-Income Countries through Smartphones as Assistive Technology
This multi-country study evaluates a two-day scaffolded digital skills training intervention designed to improve smartphone proficiency among blind or partially sighted (BPS) and deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) individuals in Brazil, India, and Kenya. …
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The Intersecting Liminality of Technology Adoption and Disability during Life Transitions
This paper introduces the concept of "intersecting liminality" to explain how people with disabilities navigate technology adoption during major life transitions. The research combines two complementary studies: semi-structured interviews with 22 bli…
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Accessibility in Textile Crafting: A Critical Reflection on Making Technology, Disability, and Community
This study examines what accessibility means for textile crafters with disabilities through a cross-sectional survey of 184 participants. The authors—both disabled/neurodivergent crafters themselves—use critical participatory action research (CPAR) t…
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Understanding the Perspectives of Autistic Gamers through an Online Autistic Community and a Survey
This study investigates the gaming experiences and preferences of autistic people using a multi-method approach that combines analysis of Reddit posts from an autism-focused subreddit with a survey of 145 autistic adults. The research addresses a sig…
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Race, Disability, and Technology: A Call to Action for Accessibility Researchers
This paper presents a framework for accessibility researchers to meaningfully engage with race and disability as intersecting identity dimensions. Building on Kimberlé Crenshaw's foundational work on intersectionality—which originated to address how …
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Voice-Powered Assembly: Boosting Self-Efficacy in Older Adults with "Build2Race"
This study investigates whether voice assistants (VAs) can support older adults in physical product assembly—a largely unexplored use case despite the proliferation of self-assembly products and the importance of such tasks for independent living. Th…
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Feedback and Guidance to Support Children with Intellectual Disabilities in Discovery Learning with a Tangible Interactive Tabletop
This research investigates how tangible interactive technology can support discovery-based learning for children with intellectual disabilities—a population for whom unstructured exploration is particularly challenging due to difficulties with abstra…
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"I knew that, I was just testing you": Understanding Older Adults' Impression Management Tactics During Usability Studies
This paper investigates how older adults (65+) engage in impression management (IM) during usability studies—conscious or unconscious behaviors to present themselves favorably to researchers. While IM is known to affect research validity, its specifi…
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Autonomous Selection and Printing of 3D Models for People Who Are Blind
This paper addresses a significant autonomy gap: while 3D printed models are increasingly used in schools for blind students to understand spatial concepts through touch, the process of finding and printing these models has required sighted assistanc…
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A Collaborative System for Suitable Wheelchair Route Planning
This paper presents a collaborative system for wheelchair route planning that fundamentally reimagines how navigation services work for people with mobility impairments. Unlike standard route planners like Google Maps that provide street-based direct…