Literature Reviews

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

13 results found tagged accessibility theory.

Usability, Demography, and Directions for W4A

Alan F. Newell (2012) — Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

This provocative keynote paper from Alan Newell at the University of Dundee challenges the web accessibility community to broaden its focus beyond technical compliance for people with sensory and motor disabilities to address the much larger populati…
The Case for 'Health Related Impairments and Disabilities'

Simon Harper, Julia Mueller, Alan Davies, Hugo Nicolau, Sukru Eraslan, Yeliz Yesilada (2020) — Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

This position paper argues for recognizing a distinct category of impairments called Health-Related Impairments and Disabilities (HIIDs) that are fundamentally different from traditionally defined disabilities and therefore require different accessib…
Modeling Accessibility: Characterizing What We Mean by "Accessible"

Kelly Avery Mack, Jesse J Martinez, Aaleyah Lewis, Jennifer Mankoff, James Fogarty, Leah Findlater, Heather D. Evans, Cynthia L Bennett, Emma J McDonnell (2025) — ASSETS 2025: 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

This paper tackles a fundamental gap in accessibility research: the field lacks a clear, shared characterization of what "accessibility" actually means. While accessibility research aims to use technology to make the world more accessible to disabled…