Literature Reviews

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

• Exploring the Role of Tunnel Vision Simulation in the Design Cycle of Accessible Interfaces

  Rie Kamikubo, Keita Higuchi, Ryo Yonetani, Hideki Koike, Yoichi Sato (2018) — Proceedings of the 15th International Web for All Conference (W4A 2018)

  This paper investigates whether gaze-contingent tunnel vision simulation can serve as a reliable tool within the design cycle for accessible web interfaces, enabling sighted developers to experience and evaluate prototypes under simulated visual fiel…

  • low vision
  • tunnel vision
  • retinitis pigmentosa
  • simulation
  • eye tracking
  • accessible design
  • design methodology
  • usability testing
  • web accessibility
  • visual field loss

• Supporting the Design of Data Visualisation for the Visually Impaired through Reinforcement Learning

  Dalal Aljasem (2020) — Proceedings of the 17th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This doctoral consortium paper presents a research programme aimed at making data visualizations more accessible to people with partial vision loss, specifically those with peripheral vision damage (tunnel vision from conditions like glaucoma) or cen…

  • data visualization
  • visual impairment
  • reinforcement learning
  • visual search
  • machine learning
  • eye tracking
  • accessible design

• Improving Web and Mobile Accessibility Resources for Iranian Designers

  Laleh Nourian (2022) — Proceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '22)

  This doctoral consortium paper presents early-stage research investigating how cultural differences affect accessible design practices, with a specific focus on Iranian designers. The author, Laleh Nourian at Rochester Institute of Technology, frames…

  • global accessibility
  • cultural accessibility
  • postcolonial computing
  • accessibility education
  • Global South accessibility
  • bidirectional interfaces
  • accessible design
  • WCAG

• Cripping Data Visualizations: Crip Technoscience as a Critical Lens for Designing Digital Access

  Stacy Hsueh, Beatrice Vincenzi, Akshata Murdeshwar, Marianela Ciolfi Felice (2023) — ASSETS 2023: The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper applies crip technoscience as a critical, generative framework for rethinking how accessible data visualizations are designed. The authors argue that current approaches to visualization accessibility largely treat access as a technical pro…

  • data visualization
  • crip technoscience
  • crip theory
  • blind and low vision
  • speculative design
  • critical disability studies
  • alternative text
  • tactile graphics
  • sonification
  • accessible design