Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
190 results found tagged cognitive accessibility.
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The Role of Sensory Changes in Everyday Technology use by People with Mild to Moderate Dementia
This qualitative study investigates how sensory changes associated with dementia interact with everyday technology use — a topic almost entirely overlooked in prior research, which has focused predominantly on cognitive support such as memory aids, t…
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Accessible conversational user interfaces: considerations for design
This paper presents the first comprehensive review of accessibility considerations for conversational user interfaces (CUIs) — a category that includes chatbots, voice-activated personal assistants (like Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri), interactive voic…
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Measuring Text Comprehension for People with Reading Difficulties Using a Mobile Application
This extended abstract presents a mobile touchscreen application designed to measure text comprehension for people with reading difficulties, specifically targeting users of Easy Language — simplified text used to make information accessible to peopl…
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Cognitive Function vs. Accessible Authentication: Insights from Dyslexia Research
This paper explores the accessibility challenges that password-based authentication poses to people with dyslexia, arguing that accessibility is a neglected third dimension alongside the well-studied security and usability considerations. The authors…
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Scribe: Improving Older Adults' Access to Medical Instructions from Patient-Physician Conversations
This paper presents Scribe, a mobile prototype designed to help older adults access, organize, and recall medical information shared during doctor's visits. The research addresses a significant accessibility challenge: older patients, particularly th…
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Mobile Phone Use by People with Mild to Moderate Dementia: Uncovering Challenges and Identifying Opportunities
This paper investigates how people with mild to moderate dementia use mobile phones in their daily lives, going beyond the common research focus on dementia-specific assistive apps to examine mainstream smartphone use. The authors conducted semi-stru…
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Designing with and for People with Intellectual Disabilities
This workshop paper proposes a half-day community-building event at ASSETS '22 focused on sharing expertise in designing technologies with and for people with intellectual disabilities. The authors identify that while assistive technologies can signi…
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Designing Post-Trauma Self-Regulation Apps for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
This paper explores how to design mobile apps that help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) engage in post-trauma self-regulation (PTSR) — activities that help manage negative emotional effects like anxiety, grief, and stre…
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Applying Technology in a Hybrid-Fashion to Create Dementia-Inclusive Community Spaces
This doctoral consortium paper presents PhD research exploring how technology can improve accessibility to community spaces and social programs for people living with dementia (PLWD) and their informal carers. The work is grounded in the growing prac…
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Investigating Day-to-day Experiences with Conversational Agents by Users with Traumatic Brain Injury
This paper presents a four-week in-the-wild field study investigating how nine adults with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the chronic stage (1-19 years post-injury) used Amazon Alexa on Echo Dot devices in their homes. TBI can cau…