Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• MANA: Designing and Validating a User-Centered Mobility Analysis System

  Boyd Anderson, Shenggao Zhu, Ke Yang, Jian Wang, Hugh Anderson, Chao Xu Tay, Vincent Y. F. Tan, Ye Wang (2018) — Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2018)

  This paper presents MANA (Mobility ANAlytics), a wearable sensor system designed to measure gait parameters in people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) in clinical and home settings. The system addresses a significant gap in accessible health monitoring:…

  • Parkinson's disease
  • wearable sensors
  • gait analysis
  • inertial measurement units
  • mobility assessment
  • user-centered design
  • machine learning
  • assistive technology

• Using Web Interaction to Monitor Parkinson's Disease Progression through Behavioural Inferences on the Web

  Julio Vega (2016) — Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This doctoral consortium paper from the University of Manchester proposes a novel approach to monitoring Parkinson's Disease (PD) progression using passive smartphone data collection and web interaction analysis, replacing the intrusive wearable devi…

  • health monitoring
  • Parkinson's disease
  • smartphones
  • machine learning
  • digital health
  • neurological conditions
  • passive sensing
  • mobile accessibility

• Designing an Adaptive Web Navigation Interface for Users with Variable Pointing Performance

  Aqueasha Martin-Hammond, Foad Hamidi, Tejas Bhalerao, Christian Ortega, Abdullah Ali, Catherine Hornback, Casey Means, Amy Hurst (2018) — Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper investigates how to design adaptive web navigation interfaces for people who experience variable pointing ability — difficulty using a mouse to click targets on screen that fluctuates over time due to conditions like early-stage Parkinson'…

  • adaptive user interface
  • motor impairment
  • pointing
  • assistive technology
  • web navigation
  • older adults
  • Parkinson's disease
  • user study
  • personalization
  • browser extension
  • bubble cursor
  • mixed-initiative design
  • user preferences
  • transparency
  • trust